Song for Uncle Tom, Tonto, and Mr. Moto: Poetry and Identity

by David Alan Mura

Book Overview

As a Sansei or third-generation Japanese American poet, David Mura is one of the generation of multicultural writers who are changing the face of American poetry. Song for Uncle Tom, Tonto, and Mr. Moto explores shifts in and challenges to aesthetic standards that have come about because of a more diverse range of American writers and because of the growing awareness of world literature.
Mura's writings recently have been at the center...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472097768
• ISBN13: 9780472097760
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.0"