Asian American Autobiographers

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"Asian Americans have made many significant contributions to industry, science, politics, and the arts. At the same time, they have made great sacrifices and endured enormous hardships. This reference examines autobiographies and memoirs written by Asian Americans in the 20th century. Included are alphabetically arranged entries on 60 major autobiographers of Asian descent. Each entry provides biographical information, a discussion of major autobiographical works and themes, a review of the writer's critical reception, and primary and secondary bibliographies. The volume begins with an introductory overview of Asian American autobiography and closes with a selected, general bibliography of critical studies."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Asian Americans in literature,  American prose literature,  Dictionaries,  Asian Americans,  Bio-bibliography,  Asian American authors,  Biography,  American Autobiographical fiction,  American prose literature, history and criticism,  American literature, asian american authors, history and criticism,  Autobiographical fiction, history and criticism