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ENGL 427: Asian American Literature: Origins and Originality: Find Books

Library course guide for Prof. Sunny Xiang's ENGL 427 Asian American Literature class.

How to Find Books at Yale University Library

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Subject Headings

Search these terms in the SUBJECT field in ORBIS or use as keywords in database searches.

By ethnic group and country:

  • American literature--Asian American authors--History and Criticism
  • American literature--Japanese American authors
  • American literature--Chinese American authors--Ethnic identity
  • Chinese Americans--Literary collections
  • Chinese Americans in literature

By genre:

  • Korean American poetry
  • American drama--Asian American Authors
  • Asian Americans--Drama
  • East Indian Americans--Fiction

By individual author's name:

  • Kingston, Maxine Hong
  • Ozeki, Ruth L

By individual literary work:

  •  Kingston, Maxine Hong. Woman warrior

By theme:

  • Multiculturalism in literature
  • Group identity in literature
  • Ethnicity in literature
  • Women in literature
  • Racism in literature
  • Race relations in literature

Background information:

  • Asian Americans--Intellectual Life
  • Japanese American women--Social conditions
  • Haitian American--Social conditions
  • Political refugees-United States--Social conditions
  • Chinese Americans--California--History
  • Korean Americans--20th century
  • Japanese Americans--Interviews
  • Korean Americans--Poetry
  • Asian Americans--Race identity
  • East Indian Americans--Assimulation