Transnational Asian American Literature: Sites and Transits
- ISBN-10
- 1592134513
- ISBN-13
- 9781592134519
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 306
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Author
- Shirley Lim
Description
Examines the diasporic and transnational aspects of Asian-American literature and engages works of prose and poetry as aesthetic articulations of the fluid transnational identities formed by Asian-American writers.
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