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Asian American literature

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American literature ethnic literature literary tradition

Asian American literature is a body of writing by authors of Asian descent in the United States that explores themes of identity, immigration, race, and cultural hybridity.

Aliases (1)

Asian American literature movement ×1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American literature → ethnic literature → literary tradition →
country	United States →
criticalApproach	autobiographical writing → experimental narrative forms → magic realism → multivocal narration →
developedInPeriod	20th century →
ethnicFocus	Asian Americans → Chinese Americans → Filipino Americans → Indian Americans → Japanese Americans → Korean Americans → Pacific Islander Americans → Vietnamese Americans →
gainedRecognitionIn	late 1960s →
influencedBy	Cold War politics in Asia → U.S. imperialism in Asia → World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans → globalization → immigration law in the United States →
language	English → bilingual writing →
mainTheme	assimilation → belonging → cultural hybridity → diaspora → family → gender and sexuality → identity → immigration → intergenerational conflict → labor and class → language and translation → memory and trauma → model minority stereotype → race → racism → war and displacement →
notableAuthor	Amy Tan → Carlos Bulosan → Chang-rae Lee → David Henry Hwang → Jhumpa Lahiri → Joy Kogawa → Karen Tei Yamashita → Maxine Hong Kingston → Ocean Vuong → Theresa Hak Kyung Cha →
notableGenre	drama → memoir → novel → poetry → short story →
relatedField	Asian American studies → diaspora studies → ethnic studies → postcolonial studies →
relatedMovement	Asian American movement → civil rights movement →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
China Men ("Asian American literature movement") → The Fifth Book of Peace →	literaryMovement
Maxine Hong Kingston → Maxine Ting Ting Hong →	movement
Asian American →	associatedWith