Routledge Introduction to Asian Canadian Literature

Lindsay Diehl is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of Manitoba. She is the author of Reading with My Grandmother: Chinese Canadian Literature, History, and Family (2026). Her work has also appeared in such journals as Canadian Literature, Canada & Beyond, English Studies in Canada, and Postcolonial Text.

• Preface to the Routledge Volume on Asian Canadian Literature Acknowledgements PART 1: Historical Formations Introduction to Historical Formations 1 “A Humble First Step”: Inalienable Rice and the Beginning of Asian Canadian Literature 2 Breathing Life into Old Bones: The Figure of the Bone Collector in Chinese Canadian Historiographic Fiction3 Shining a Light on Dark Memories: The Figure of the Activist in Japanese Canadian Historiographic Fiction 4 Remembering the Broken Passage: The Figure of the Hopeful Passenger in South Asian Canadian Historiographic FictionPART 2: Developing Directions Introduction to Developing Directions 5 Finding a Common Ground in the Borderlands: Stories about Asian- Indigenous Relations6 Navigating Transnational Flows: Asian Canadian Literature Beyond the National Frame