Beginning Ethnic American Literatures

by Helena Grice and Martin Padget

Book Overview

Since the late 1960s, American literature has been revitalised by the work of writers such as Toni Morrison, Sherman Alexie, Sandra Cisneros and Maxine Hong Kingston. An introduction to the study of ethnic American fictions organised into four sections, each written by a specialist in the fields of African American, Asian American, Chicano/a and native American literature. Writers are discussed in their cultural/political contexts and literary traditions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719057639
• ISBN13: 9780719057632
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.8"