Ethnic American Literature

Emmanuel S. Nelson is professor of English at the State University of New York campus at Cortland.

• PrefaceIntroductionA–Z EntriesAfrican American AutobiographyAfrican American DramaAfrican American Gay LiteratureAfrican American Lesbian LiteratureAfrican American NovelAfrican American PoetryAfrican American Science FictionAfrican American Slave NarrativeAfrican American StereotypesAfrican American Young Adult LiteratureAlexie, Sherman Joseph, Jr.Alvarez, JuliaAmerican Born ChineseAnaya, RudolfoAngelou, MayaArab American AutobiographyArab American NovelArab American StereotypesAssimilationAutobiography of Malcolm X, TheBaldwin, JamesBambara, Toni CadeBelovedBilingualismBlack BoyBlanco, RichardBlues, TheBluest Eye, TheBorder NarrativesBrooks, GwendolynCanonCaribbean (Anglophone) American AutobiographyCaribbean (Anglophone) American NovelCaribbean (Anglophone) American PoetryChinese American AutobiographyChinese American DramaChinese American NovelChinese American PoetryChinese American StereotypesCisneros, SandraCivil Rights MovementCliff, MichelleColor Purple, TheCooper, J. (Joan) CaliforniaCuban American AutobiographyCuban American NovelCuban American PoetryCulture ClashDanticat, EdwidgeDiaz, JunotDominican American NovelDominican American PoetryDouglass, FrederickDove, RitaDown These Mean StreetsEllison, Ralph WaldoErdrich, LouiseEthnicityEurocentrismFilipino American NovelGaines, Ernest J.Galarza, ErnestoGarcía, CristinaHaley, AlexHansberry, LorraineHarlem RenaissanceHawai'i LiteratureHawaiian LiteratureHosseini, KhaledHouse on Mango Street, TheHughes, LangstonHurston, Zora NealeI Know Why the Caged Bird SingsIdentityInternmentInvisible ManIranian American LiteratureIslas, Arturo, Jr.Jacobs, HarrietJapanese American AutobiographyJapanese American NovelJasmineJazzJones, Edward P.Joy Luck Club, TheKincaid, JamaicaKing, Martin Luther, Jr.Kingston, Maxine HongKorean American LiteratureLahiri, JhumpaLarsen, NellaLaviera, TatoLee, Chang-raeLesson before Dying, ALorde, AudreMarshall, PauleMcBride, JamesMexican American AutobiographyMexican American Children's LiteratureMexican American DramaMexican American Gay LiteratureMexican American Lesbian LiteratureMexican American PoetryMexican American StereotypesMomaday, Navarre ScottMoody, AnneMorrison, ToniMukherjee, BharatiMulticulturalismNative American AutobiographyNative American DramaNative American NovelNative American Oral TextsNative American PoetryNative American StereotypesNaylor, GloriaNuyoricanObama, Barack HusseinOkada, JohnOrtiz, Simon J.Ortiz Cofer, JudithPassingPedagogy and U.S. Ethnic LiteraturesPiñero, MiguelPuerto Rican American AutobiographyPuerto Rican American DramaPuerto Rican American Gay LiteraturePuerto Rican American Lesbian LiteraturePuerto Rican American NovelPuerto Rican American PoetryPuerto Rican StereotypesRaceRacismRaisin in the Sun, ARechy, JohnRivera, TomásRodriguez, RichardSignifyingSilent DancingSilko, Leslie MarmonSong of SolomonSouth Asian American LiteratureSpiritualsStreet, TheTan, AmyTheir Eyes Were Watching GodThomas, PiriTrickster, African AmericanTrickster, Native AmericanValdez, LuisVietnamese American LiteratureVillarreal, José AntonioVizenor, GeraldWalker, AliceWay to Rainy Mountain, TheWhitenessWilson, AugustWilson, Harriet E.Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood among Ghosts, TheWright, RichardSelected BibliographyAbout the Editor and ContributorsIndex

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