Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Dedication.
Contents.
Preface.
Introduction.
1: African American Autobiography.
2: African American Drama.
3: African American Gay Literature.
4: African American Lesbian Literature.
5: African American Novel.
6: African American Poetry.
7: African American Science Fiction.
8: African American Slave Narrative.
9: African American Stereotypes.
10: African American Young Adult Literature.
11: Alexie, Sherman Joseph, Jr. (1966– ).
12: Alvarez, Julia (1950– ).
13: American Born Chinese.
14: Anaya, Rudolfo (1937– ).
15: Angelou, Maya (1928–2014).
16: Arab American Autobiography.
17: Arab American Novel.
18: Arab American Stereotypes.
19: Assimilation.
20: Autobiography of Malcolm X, The.
21: Baldwin, James (1924–1987).
22: Bambara, Toni Cade (1939–1995).
23: Beloved.
24: Bilingualism.
25: Black Boy.
26: Blanco, Richard (1968– ).
27: Blues, The.
28: Bluest Eye, The.
29: Border Narratives.
30: Brooks, Gwendolyn (1917–2000).
31: Canon.
32: Caribbean (Anglophone) American Autobiography.
33: Caribbean (Anglophone) American Novel.
34: Caribbean (Anglophone) American Poetry.
35: Chinese American Autobiography.
36: Chinese American Drama.
37: Chinese American Novel.
38: Chinese American Poetry.
39: Chinese American Stereotypes.
40: Cisneros, Sandra (1954– ).
41: Civil Rights Movement.
42: Cliff, Michelle (1946– ).
43: Color Purple, The.
44: Cooper, J. (Joan) California (1932–2014).
45: Cuban American Autobiography.
46: Cuban American Novel.
47: Cuban American Poetry.
48: Culture Clash.
49: Danticat, Edwidge (1969– ).
50: Diaz, Junot (1968– ).
51: Dominican American Novel.
52: Dominican American Poetry.
53: Douglass, Frederick (1818–1895).
54: Dove, Rita (1952– ).
55: Down These Mean Streets.
56: Ellison, Ralph Waldo (1913–1994).
57: Erdrich, Louise (1954– ).
58: Ethnicity.
59: Eurocentrism.
60: Filipino American Novel.
61: Gaines, Ernest J. (1933– ).
62: Galarza, Ernesto (1905–1984).
63: García, Cristina (1958– ).
64: Haley, Alex (1921–1992).
65: Hansberry, Lorraine (1930–1965).
66: Harlem Renaissance.
67: Hawai‘i Literature.
68: Hawaiian Literature.
69: Hosseini, Khaled (1965– ).
70: House on Mango Street, The.
71: Hughes, Langston (1902–1967).
72: Hurston, Zora Neale (1891–1960).
73: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
74: Identity.
75: Internment.
76: Invisible Man.
77: Iranian American Literature.
78: Islas, Arturo, Jr. (1938–1991).
79: Jacobs, Harriet (1813–1897).
80: Japanese American Autobiography.
81: Japanese American Novel.
82: Jasmine.
83: Jazz.
84: Jones, Edward P. (1950– ).
85: Joy Luck Club, The.
86: Kincaid, Jamaica (1949– ).
87: King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929–1968).
88: Kingston, Maxine Hong (1940– ).
89: Korean American Literature.
90: Lahiri, Jhumpa (1967– ).
91: Larsen, Nella (1891–1964).
92: Laviera, Tato (1951–2013).
93: Lee, Chang-rae (1965– ).
94: Lesson before Dying, A.
95: Lorde, Audre (1934–1992).
96: Marshall, Paule (1929– ).
97: McBride, James (1957– ).
98: Mexican American Autobiography.
99: Mexican American Children's Literature.
100: Mexican American Drama.
101: Mexican American Gay Literature.
102: Mexican American Lesbian Literature.
103: Mexican American Poetry.
104: Mexican American Stereotypes.
105: Momaday, Navarre Scott (1934– ).
106: Moody, Anne (1940– ).
107: Morrison, Toni (1931– ).
108: Mukherjee, Bharati (1940– ).
109: Multiculturalism.
110: Native American Autobiography.
111: Native American Drama.
112: Native American Novel.
113: Native American Oral Texts.
114: Native American Poetry.
115: Native American Stereotypes.
116: Naylor, Gloria (1950– ).
117: Nuyorican.
118: Obama, Barack Hussein (1961– ).
119: Okada, John (1923–1971).
120: Ortiz, Simon J. (1941– ).
121: Ortiz Cofer, Judith (1952– ).
122: Passing.
123: Pedagogy and U.S. Ethnic Literatures.
124: Piñero, Miguel (1946–1988).
125: Puerto Rican American Autobiography.
126: Puerto Rican American Drama.
127: Puerto Rican American Gay Literature.
128: Puerto Rican American Lesbian Literature.
129: Puerto Rican American Novel.
130: Puerto Rican American Poetry.
131: Puerto Rican Stereotypes.
132: Race.
133: Racism.
134: Raisin in the Sun, A.
135: Rechy, John (1931– ).
136: Rivera, Tomás (1935–1984).
137: Rodriguez, Richard (1944– ).
138: Signifying.
139: Silent Dancing.
140: Silko, Leslie Marmon (1948– ).
141: Song of Solomon.
142: South Asian American Literature.
143: Spirituals.
144: Street, The.
145: Tan, Amy (1952– ).
146: Their Eyes Were Watching God.
147: Thomas, Piri (1928–2011).
148: Trickster, African American.
149: Trickster, Native American.
150: Valdez, Luis (1940– ).
151: Vietnamese American Literature.
152: Villarreal, José Antonio (1924–2010).
153: Vizenor, Gerald (1934– ).
154: Walker, Alice (1944– ).
155: Way to Rainy Mountain, The.
156: Whiteness.
157: Wilson, August (1945–2005).
158: Wilson, Harriet E. (1827?–1863?).
159: Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood among Ghosts, The.
160: Wright, Richard (1908–1960).
Selected Bibliography.
About the Editor and Contributors.
Index.