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Asian American literature is now a widely recognized body of writings that grows every year. This was not always so. This volume explores the crucial era of transition from invisibility and isolation to recognition and the rise of this literary tradition as it now exists and thrives.

This volume traces the formation of the Asian American literary canon and the field of Asian American Studies from 1965-1996. It is intended for an academic audience, ranging from advanced undergraduate students to scholars from a variety of disciplines, interested in the formation of Asian American literary studies from 1965-1996.

This groundbreaking collection makes the case that Asian North American literary and cultural works produced between 1850 and 1930 are actually vitally important in illuminating the histories and experiences of Asians in the Americas. It will be a key resource for anyone interested in learning about the long duree of Asians in the US and Canada.

This volume examines the concerns of contemporary Asian American literatures in neoliberal times. The four sections make the literary, political, and identity-based concerns of the essays, and the works they examine, easily navigable for students and scholars alike.