Asian American Literature in Transition, 1850-1930: Volume 1

The first large-scale migration of peoples from East Asia and South Asia to North America and the emergence of the US as an imperial power in the Pacific occurred between 1850 and 1930, leading to the first instances of Asian North American writing, theater, and film. This collection examines how these works approached questions of migration, exclusion, and identity.

Format: Hardback
Length: 346 pages
Publication date: 17 June 2021
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Between 1850 and 1930, a significant wave of migration occurred, as people from East Asia and South Asia flocked to North America. This migration not only brought a new cultural and demographic landscape to the region but also paved the way for the United States to emerge as an imperial power in the Pacific. During this time, a vibrant literary and cultural scene emerged, with Asian North Americans producing groundbreaking works in various forms of art.

This captivating collection delves into the ways in which these literary and cultural works addressed themes of migration, exclusion, and identity. It encompasses a wide range of topics, including anticolonialist writing, the eroticism of queer modernist poetry, interracial desire, and the racial gaze in silent film. By examining the diverse and multiethnic nature of literary and cultural production during this crucial period, the book sheds light on the complex and evolving formations of race and literary and cultural aesthetics.

The first large-scale migration of peoples from East Asia and South Asia to North America occurred between 1850 and 1930. This migration brought a new cultural and demographic landscape to the region, as well as paved the way for the United States to emerge as an imperial power in the Pacific. During this time, a vibrant literary and cultural scene emerged, with Asian North Americans producing groundbreaking works in various forms of art.

This captivating collection delves into the ways in which these literary and cultural works addressed themes of migration, exclusion, and identity. It encompasses a wide range of topics, including anticolonialist writing, the eroticism of queer modernist poetry, interracial desire, and the racial gaze in silent film. By examining the diverse and multiethnic nature of literary and cultural production during this crucial period, the book sheds light on the complex and evolving formations of race and literary and cultural aesthetics.

The years between 1850 and 1930 witnessed the first large-scale migration of peoples from East Asia and South Asia to North America and the emergence of the US as an imperial power in the Pacific. This period also produced the first instances of Asian North American writing, theater, and film. This exciting collection examines how the many literary and cultural works from this period approached questions of migration, exclusion, and identity. Covering an extensive range of topics including anticolonialist writing, the erotics of queer modernist poetry, interracial desire, and the racial gaze in silent film, the book shows the diverse and multiethnic nature of literary and cultural production at a crucial period in modern formations of race as well as literary and cultural aesthetics.

Weight: 630g
Dimension: 235 x 158 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781108830836