Asian American Fiction History and Life Writing

<p>The last ten years have witnessed an enormous growth in American interest in Asia and Asian/American history. In particular a set of key Asian historical moments have recently become the subject of intense American cultural scrutiny namely China’s Cultural Revolution and its aftermath; the Korean American war and its legacy; the era of Japanese geisha culture and its subsequent decline; and China’s one-child policy and the rise of transracial international adoption in its wake. Grice examines and accounts for this cultural and literary preoccupation exploring the corresponding historical-political situations that have both circumscribed and enabled greater cultural and political contact between Asia and America. </p>