{"product_id":"a-companion-to-multiethnic-literature-of-the-united-states-isbn-9781119652519","title":"A Companion to Multiethnic Literature of the United States","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProvides the most comprehensive collection of scholarship on the multiethnic literature of the United States\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to the Multiethnic Literature of the United States \u003c\/i\u003eisthe first in-depth reference work dedicated to the histories, genres, themes, cultural contexts, and new directions of American literature by authors of varied ethnic backgrounds. Engaging multiethnic literature as a distinct field of study, this unprecedented volume brings together a wide range of critical and theoretical approaches to offer analyses of African American, Latinx, Native American, Asian American, Jewish American, and Arab American literatures, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapters written by a diverse panel of leading contributors explore how multiethnic texts represent racial, ethnic, and other identities, center the lives and work of the marginalized and oppressed, facilitate empathy with the experiences of others, challenge racism, sexism, homophobia, and other hateful rhetoric, and much more. Informed by recent and leading-edge methodologies within the field, the \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e examines how theoretical approaches to multiethnic literature such as cultural studies, queer studies, ecocriticism, diaspora studies, and posthumanism inform literary scholarship, pedagogy, and curricula in the US and around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the national, international, and transnational contexts of US ethnic literature\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddresses how technology and digital access to archival materials are impacting the study, reception, and writing of multiethnic literature\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses how recent developments in critical theory impact the reading and interpretation of multiethnic US literature\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHighlights significant themes and major critical trends in genres including science fiction, drama and performance, literary nonfiction, and poetry\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes coverage of multiethnic film, history, and culture as well as newer art forms such as graphic narrative and hip-hop\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders various contexts in multiethnic literature such as politics and activism, immigration and migration, and gender and sexuality\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to the Multiethnic Literature of the United States \u003c\/i\u003eis an invaluable resource for scholars, researchers, undergraduate and graduate students, and general readers studying all aspects of the subject\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: What is Multiethnic Literature of the United States? 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGary Totten\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Contexts 11\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Multiethnic Archive 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmily Ruth Rutter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Popular Culture and Multiethnic Literature of the United States 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher González\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Displaced Subjects and Refugee Aesthetics: Contemporary Southeast Asian American Literature 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCathy J. Schlund-Vials\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Print Culture and Multiethnic Literature of the United States: Shifting Constructions of Black Print Cultures 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoycelyn K. Moody and Corey D. Greathouse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Environment and Multiethnic Literature of the United States 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGregory Toy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Translation and Multiethnic Literature of the United States 77\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarlene Hansen Esplin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Multiethnic Digital Humanities: Practices, Theories, Case Studies 89\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid S. Roh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Critical Race Theory and Multiethnic Literature of the United States 103\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristina Hsu Accomando\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Gender and Material Culture in Multiethnic Literature of the United States: On Black Women's Textiles and Textuality 117\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary I. Unger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Social Class and Multiethnic Literature of the United States 131\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScott Henkel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Geographies 143\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The US South and Multiethnic Literature of the United States 145\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirstin L. Squint\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Transpacific Routes of Asian American Literature 157\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteven Yao\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The US West and Multiethnic Literature of the United States 169\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmily Lutenski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Hemispheric, Transnational, and Comparative Approaches to Multiethnic Literature of the United States 181\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVincent Pérez\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Genres 197\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Multiethnic Fiction of the US Empire: Why Read Twentieth-Century African American and Asian American Novels Together? 199\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCaroline H. Yang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Aesthetic Discourse and Experimentation in Multiethnic Poetics of the United States 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaura Vrana\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Multiethnic Life Writing of the United States 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEleanor Ty and William Kummer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Multiethnic Theatre of the United States 237\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJessica E. Teague and Arianna Razo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Multiethnic Graphic Narratives of the United States 249\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrederick Luis Aldama\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Multiethnic Science Fiction of the United States 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoy Sanchez-Taylor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Multiethnic Children's and Young Adult Literature of the United States: From Painful Histories to Action and Progress 269\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCristina Rhodes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Neo-Passing and the (Re)Construction of Race in Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Multiethnic Literature of the United States 281\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartha J. Cutter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 The New Novel of Slavery in the Twenty-First Century 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Eaton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Themes 305\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Politics and Multiethnic Literature of the United States: The Black Census and the Colored Conventions Movement 307\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarah Lynn Patterson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Food and Multiethnic Literature of the United States 322\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWenying Xu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Travel, Mobility, and Multiethnic Literature of the United States 334\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGary Totten\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Cultural Citizenship and Belonging in Multiethnic Literature of the United States 346\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTracy Floreani\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 The Body and Multiethnic Literature of the United States 358\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoanna Ziarkowska\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Humor and Multiethnic Literature of the United States 371\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJennifer Glaser\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Crime and Multiethnic Literature of the United States: The Mafia Frame—How America Came to Read the Gangster as Italian American 385\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoe Kraus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Religion and Multiethnic Literature of the United States 396\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDanielle Haque\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 408\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGARY TOTTEN\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor in the Department of English at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and Editor-in-Chief of the journal \u003ci\u003eMELUS: Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAfrican American Travel Narratives from Abroad: Mobility and Cultural Work in the Age of Jim Crow\u003c\/i\u003e, co-editor of \u003ci\u003ePolitics, Identity, and Mobility in Travel Writing\u003c\/i\u003e, editor of \u003ci\u003eMemorial Boxes and Guarded Interiors: Edith Wharton and Material Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, and author of over forty journal articles and book chapters on US literature and culture.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA COMPANION TO MULTIETHNIC LITERATURE OF THE UNITED STATES\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Multiethnic Literature of the United States\u003c\/i\u003e is the most comprehensive collection of scholarship dedicated to US literature by authors of varied ethnic backgrounds. Bringing together a diverse panel of leading contributors in the field, this authoritative volume draws on a wide range of critical and theoretical methodologies to analyze the histories, genres, themes, cultural and geographical contexts, and new directions of multiethnic literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first reference work of its kind, the \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e explores how the study of multiethnic literature informs literary scholarship while highlighting cutting-edge approaches and frameworks such as ecocriticism, refugee and diaspora studies, hemispheric and transnational studies, critical race theory, digital humanities, gender and sexuality, popular culture, material and visual culture, and many more. Thirty-one in-depth chapters address African American, Latinx, Native American, Asian American, Jewish American, and Arab American literatures, among others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the book, the authors highlight significant themes and major critical trends in a variety of genres, discuss how recent developments in critical theory impact the reading and interpretation of multiethnic US literature, consider how technology and digital access to archival materials are changing the study, reception, and writing of multiethnic US literature, and much more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Multiethnic Literature of the United States\u003c\/i\u003e is an invaluable resource for undergraduate and graduate students, scholars and researchers, instructors, and general readers studying all aspects of US literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988612464869,"sku":"NP9781119652519","price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119652519.jpg?v=1761780972","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-companion-to-multiethnic-literature-of-the-united-states-isbn-9781119652519","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}