Research Catalog

Title

Growing up Asian American in young adult fiction / edited by Ymitri Mathison.

Publication

• Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2018]
• ©2018

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Mathison, Ymitri

Description

ix, 237 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"Contributions by Hena Ahmad, Linda Pierce Allen, Mary J. Henderson Couzelis, Sarah Park Dahlen, Lan Dong, Tomo Hattori, Jennifer Ho, Ymitri Mathison, Leah Milne, Joy Takako Taylor, and Traise Yamamoto. Often referred to as the model minority, Asian American children and adolescents feel pressured to perform academically and be disinterested in sports, with the exception of martial arts. Boys are often stereotyped as physically unattractive nerds and girls as petite and beautiful. Many Americans remain unaware of the diversity of ethnicities and races the term Asian American comprises, with Asian American adolescents proving to be more invisible than adults. As a result, Asian American adolescents are continually searching for their identity and own place in American society. For these kids, being or considered to be American becomes a challenge in itself as they assert their Asian and American identities; claim their own ethnic identity, be they immigrant or American-born; and negotiate their ethnic communities. The contributors to Growing Up Asian American in Young Adult Fiction focus on moving beyond stereotypes to examine how Asian American children and adolescents define their unique identities. Chapters focus on primary texts from many ethnicities, such as Chinese, Korean, Filipino, Japanese, Vietnamese, South Asian, and Hawaiian. Individual chapters, crossing cultural, linguistic, and racial boundaries, negotiate the complex terrain of Asian American children's and teenagers' identities. Chapters cover such topics as internalized racism and self-loathing; hyper-sexualization of Asian American females in graphic novels; interracial friendships; transnational adoptions and birth searches; food as a means of assimilation and resistance; commodity racism and the tourist gaze; the hostile and alienating environment generated by the War on Terror; and many other topics."--

Series Statement

Children's literature association series

Uniform Title

Children's literature association series.

Subjects

• Children's literature, American
• American literature > Minority authors
• Children's literature, American > History and criticism
• American literature > Minority authors > History and criticism
• American literature > Asian American authors > History and criticism
• Asian Americans in popular culture
• SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Asian American Studies
• Asian Americans in literature
• Young adult literature, American > History and criticism
• Immigrants in literature
• LITERARY CRITICISM > American > Asian American
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• LITERARY CRITICISM > Children's Literature

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JFE 18-643

ISBN

• 9781496815064
• 1496815068

LCCN

2017025003

OCLC

983524240

Title

Growing up Asian American in young adult fiction / edited by Ymitri Mathison.

Publisher

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2018]

Copyright Date

©2018

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Children's literature association series

Children's literature association series.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Mathison, Ymitri, editor.

Other Form:

Online version: Growing up Asian American in young adult fiction. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2017 9781496815071 (DLC) 2017036806

Research Call Number

JFE 18-643