Ecocriticism and Asian American Literature

Begoña Simal-González is Professor and Head of the American Studies Research Group (CLEU), at the Universidade da Coruña, Spain. Her research focuses on Asian American literature, globalization and ecocriticism.

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Prelude Entering Nature’s Nation.- Chapter 3: “Naturalizing” Asian Americans: Edith Eaton.- Chapter 4: Thinking (Like a) Gold Mountain: Maxine Hong Kingston and Shawn Wong.- Chapter 5: Cultivating the Anti-Campo: An Environmental Reading of “Internment Literature”.- Chapter 6: Facing the End of Nature: Karen Tei Yamashita and Ruth Ozeki.- Chapter 7: Coda: Gold Mountains, Weedflowers and Murky Globes.