{"product_id":"chinese-american-literature-since-the-xiao-huang-yin-9780252073489","title":"Chinese American Literature Since the 1850s","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe writings of immigrants from China and their descendants in the United States reflect the changes and continuity in the Chinese American experience. Xiao-huang Yin combines literary and historical scholarship to trace the origins and development of this extensive, neglected body of literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChinese American Literature since the 1850s\u003c\/i\u003e covers representative works from the 1850s to the present. Selections include journalism and autobiography by nineteenth-century Chinese authors; writings on the walls of Angel Island, the main Asian immigrant arrival point on the West Coast; writings of late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century \"cultivated Chinese,\" students and scholars who came to America to advance their educations; important writing by immigrants such as Chen Ruoxi, Yu Lihua, and Zhang Xiguo; and the works of more recent authors like Sui Sin Far, Jade Snow Wong, Frank Chin, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Amy Tan. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn essential introduction and guide to the field, \u003ci\u003eChinese American Literature since the 1850s\u003c\/i\u003e enlarges the available body of literature and provides new insights into the Chinese American immigrant experience and the writing inspired by it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Xiao-Huang Yin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252073487\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252073489\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.06w x 0.98d","brand":"Xiao-Huang Yin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44311012802815,"sku":"9780252073489","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5d331dee-b52f-4c81-bab5-b5e1f998bb81.jpg?v=1695720633","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chinese-american-literature-since-the-xiao-huang-yin-9780252073489","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}