Encyclopedia of Asian-American Literature

foreigner” to them. As McCunn’s life became in- creasingly isolated, she turned to reading and writ- ing for solace. McCunn’s fa ...

Meer, Ameena (1964– ) Born in Boston to Indian parents, Ameena Meer grew up in the United States and Great Britain. Bombay Talki ...

from Harvard University in 1961. He has lived in the United States since 1959 and is a naturalized American citizen. Best known ...

walk between immersion in American culture while studying for a Ph.D. in New York and her love for and obligation to her husband ...

While Min did not win the role, she was granted a part in the film due to her “proletarian looks.” The death of Chairman Mao lat ...

of the red berries they so desire. Such inequalities of American culture are foregrounded in all of Mirikitani’s poetry. The Jap ...

Inada, and Janice Mirikitani.” Western American Literature 38, no. 3 (Fall 2003): 247–269. Hong, Grace Kyungwon. “Janice Mirikit ...

Examined from a different perspective, Miss Numé can be viewed as a pioneering effort to ques- tion racial stereotypes at the tu ...

daughter, Raven’s mother rejects her culture to protect her son. The unattractive Tillo with no future joins the handsome Raven ...

matic post. The book is dedicated to the Sugihara family and to “all others who place the welfare of others before themselves.” ...

tradition, modernism, war, violence, colonialism, race, religion, sex and gender. Sukanya B. Senapati Mona in the Promised Land ...

learn weeping songs among other skills that a girl needs to possess in order to land a profitable mar- riage arrangement for her ...

novel as well as to One Bird, in which a teenage girl’s rehabilitation work with birds helps her cope with the departure of her ...

Mayer, David R. “The Philosopher in Search of a Voice: Toshio Mori’s Japanese-Influenced Narra- t o r.” AALA Journal 2 (1995): 1 ...

taking an M.A. in ancient Indian culture and Eng- lish. From there, her father arranged for her to travel to the United States t ...

and Karen Radell argue that an interest to chart the trajectory of immigrant women’s constant and necessary remaking and refashi ...

American culture. As in many Japanese-American families, the pain of internment and the urgings of groups like the Japanese Amer ...

released the full-length novel, All I Asking for Is My Body, to critical acclaim. Murayama has continued the saga of the Oyama f ...

When My Year of Meats first appeared in 1998, critical response was generally enthusiastic. In one positive review in the Chicag ...

207  N Na, An (?– ) An Na was born in Korea and immigrated to the United States with her parents. Growing up in San Diego, she ...