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Interracial encounters

Lee, Julia H.

Interracial encounters reciprocal representations in African American and Asian American literatures, 1896-1937 / [electronic resource] : Julia H. Lee. - New York : New York University Press, c2011. - 1 online resource (ix, 219 p. ) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The 'negro problem' and the 'yellow peril': early twentieth-century America's views on Blacks and Asians -- Estrangement on a train: race and narratives of American identity in the marrow of tradition and America through the spectacles of an oriental diplomat -- The eaton sisters go to Jamaica -- Quicksand and the racial aesthetics of chinoiserie -- Nation, narration, and the Afro-Asian encounter in W. E. B. Du Bois' Dark princess -- And Younghill Kang's East goes west.

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Asian Americans in literature.
African Americans in literature.
Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature.
American literature--Asian American authors--History and criticism.
American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.


Electronic books.

PS153.N5 / L39 2011

810.9/896073