Imagining Asia in the Americas |
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| Editor:
| Rivas, Zelideth María
Lee-DiStefano, Debbie |
| Contribution by:
| Lee-DiStefano, Debbie
López, Kathleen
Tsang, Martin A.
Kim, Junyoung Verónica
Hearn, Adrian H.
Amador, José
Katz, Julia
Kaneko, Ann
Rustomji-Kerns, Roshni
López-Calvo, Ignacio |
| Series title: | Asian American Studies Today Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8135-8521-5 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2016 |
| Publisher: | Rutgers University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $150.00 |
Book Description:
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Imagining Asia in the Americas investigates the myriad ways that Asians throughout North and South America use language, literature, religion, commerce, and other practices to establish a sense of community and negotiate between their native and adopted cultural identities. Drawing from a rich array of source materials, including texts in Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and Gujarati that have never before been translated into English, this...
More Description Imagining Asia in the Americas investigates the myriad ways that Asians throughout North and South America use language, literature, religion, commerce, and other practices to establish a sense of community and negotiate between their native and adopted cultural identities. Drawing from a rich array of source materials, including texts in Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and Gujarati that have never before been translated into English, this groundbreaking work opens up a conversation between various Asian communities within the Americas and beyond.