Chinese American Literature since the 1850s (Asian American Experience)

Using a fresh approach that combines literary and historical scholarship, Xiao-huang Yin traces the origins and development of the extensive and largely neglected body of literature written in English and in Chinese from the 1850s to the present. These include journalistic and autobiographical texts from nineteenth-century Chinese authors; writings on the walls of Angel Island; writings of late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century "cultivated Chinese," students and scholars who came to America to advance their educations; and the work of more recent authors who have entered the canon, including Sui Sin Far, Jade Snow Wong, Frank Chin, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Amy Tan.