Selected Reference Sources in Ethnic and Postcolonial Studies
- Asian Americans: an Encyclopedia of Social, Cultural, Economic, and Political HistoryPublication Date: 2013 ( Grand Central Publishing)...Three volumes that address a broad range of topics on various Asian and Pacific Islander American groups from 1848 to the present day. Provides up-to-date information about Asian ethnic groups, historical and contemporary events, important policies, and notable individuals. Covers roles of women, distinct socioeconomic classes, Asian American political and social movements, and race relations involving Asian Americans.
- A Companion to Korean American StudiesPublication Date: Brill, 2018Presents interdisciplinary works from a number of authors who have contributed to the field of Korean American Studies. This collection ranges from chapters detailing the histories of Korean migration to the United States to contemporary flows of popular culture between South Korea and the United States.
- Encyclopedia of Postcolonial StudiesCall Number: Olin Reference PN849.U43 E535 2016 + (print version)Publication Date: Wiley-Blackwell, 2016Covers the period from 1492 to the present, including the dynamics of European conquest from Columbus to China, and critiques of colonialism. Entries are written by leading scholars in the field.
- Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and SocietyPublication Date: 2008Covers important topics, events, and persons relevant to race and ethicity in society. Also addresses other issues of inequality that intersect with race and ethnicity, including ability status, age, class, gender, and sexual orientation.
- Asian American History: A Very Short IntroductionPublication Date: Oxford UP, 2016"Provides a narrative interpretation of key themes that emerge in the history of Asian migrations to North America, highlighting how Asian immigration has shaped the evolution of ideological and legal interpretations of America as a 'nation of immigrants." (publisher)
Reference Sources on American Literature
- Asian American Literature: an Encyclopedia for StudentsPublication Date: Greenwood, 2021Includes articles about Asian American literary and cultural history as well as the authors and texts that best define it. Essays include the origins and development of the term "Asian American"; overviews of Asian American and Asian Canadian social and literary histories; essays on Asian American identity, gender issues, and sexuality; and discussions of Asian American rhetoric and children's literature. More than 120 alphabetical entries round out the volume covering important Asian North American authors.
- Cambridge Companion to Native American LiteratureCall Number: Olin Library PS153.I52 C36 2005"...provides an informative and wide-ranging overview of the literature in English by American Indians from the 1770s to the present day. It includes bio-bibliographies of forty authors, maps, suggestions for further reading, and a timeline which details major works of Native American and mainstream American literature, as well as significant social, cultural and historical events." (publisher)
- Encyclopedia of Literary and Cultural TheoryCall Number: Print copy: Olin Reference PN 81 E435 2011Publication Date: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011Arranged in three volumes covering Literary Theory from 1900 to 1966, Literary Theory from 1966 to the present, and Cultural Theory, this encyclopedia provides accessible entries on the important concepts, theorists and trends in post-1900 literary and cultural theory.
- Oxford Encyclopedia of American LiteratureCall Number: Print: Olin Reference PS21 E537 2004 +Publication Date: Oxford UP, 20044 vols. Contains essays on US poets, playwrights, essayists, and novelists. Figures such as Whitman, Melville, and Morrison are discussed in detail and examined in the context of his or her times, with an assessment of the writer's current reputation, a bibliography of major works, and a list of major critical and biographical works about the writer.
- Oxford Encyclopedia of Asian American Literature and CulturePublication Date: Oxford UP. 2020More than one hundred original and in-depth articles survey the historical foundations of this rich field, showing the exciting and profound new directions that currently drive the study of Asian American literary and cultural traditions.