This book examines the influence of genre on contemporary Asian American literary production. Drawing on cultural theories of representation, social theories of identity, and poststructuralist genre theory, this study shows how popular prose fictions have severely constrained the development of Asian American literary aesthetics.

Autorentext
BETSY HUANG ****is Assistant Professor of English at Clark University, USA.

Inhalt
Introduction: 'Generic' Asian Americans Generic Sui Generis : On Asian American Immigrant Fiction Recriminations: On Asian American Crime Fiction Future Orientations: On Asian American Science Fiction Afterword: The Genre is the Message