Documenting Asian American Literature in Books

 

The following are some of the sources in the University Libraries at USC which are important in documenting the history and development of Asian American literature:

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Chan, Paul Jeffery, ed. The Big Aiieeeee!: an Anthology of Chinese American and Japanese Literature. New York: Meridan, 1991.
Doheny Stacks PS508.A8B54 1991
 
Greenwood, Roberta S. Down by the station : Los Angeles Chinatown, 1880-1933. Los Angeles : Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1996.
Doheny Stacks F869.L86C454 1996
 
Hillinger, Charles. Hillinger's California : stories from all 58 counties. Santa Barbara, CA : Capra Press, 1997.
Doheny Stacks F861.6.H55 1997
 
Kim, Elaine. Asian American Literature; An Introduction to the Writings and their Social Context. Philadelphia: Temple UP, 1982.
Doheny Stacks PS153.A84K55
 
Knippling, Alpana Sharma. New Immigrant Literatures in the United States: A Sourcebook to Our Multicultural Literacy Heritage. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1996.
Doheny Stacks PS153.M56N475 1996
 
Lim, Shirley G., and Amy Ling. Reading the Literatures of Asian America. Philadelphia: Temple UP, 1992.
Doheny Stacks; Leavey PS153.A84R43 1992
 
Ling, Amy. Between Worlds: Women Writers of Chinese Ancestry. New York: Pergamon, 1990.
Doheny Stacks PS153.C45L56
 
Ruoff, A. LaVonne, and Jerry W. Ward, Jr. Redefining American Literary History. New York: MLA, 1990.
Doheny Stacks PS153.M56R4
 
Takaki, Ronald. Strangers From a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans. Rev. ed. Boston: Back Bay Books, 1998.
Doheny Stacks E184.06.T35 1998
 
Wei, William. The Asian American Movement. Philadelphia: Temple UP, 1993.
Doheny Stacks; Leavey E184.06W44
 
Wong, Sau-ling C. Reading Asian American Literature; From Necessity to Extravagance. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1993.
Doheny Stacks; Leavey PS153.A84W66

 

In addition to using the source Asian American Bibliographies to find more titles, enter the following subject headings (if appropriate to your search) in HOMER, the online catalog:

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  • American Literature - Asian American Authors
  • Asian Americans - Literary Collections
  • Asian Americans in Literature
  • Korean Americans in Literature
  • Chinese Americans in Literature
  • Asian American Poetry

As a general rule, any ethnic group can be substituted for another in a subject heading. Consult the Library of Congress Subject Headings, found in every campus library, for additional headings.

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