Ethnic American literature: an encyclopedia for students

African American autobiography

African American drama

African American gay literature

African American lesbian literature

African American novel

African American poetry

African American science fiction

African American slave narrative

African American stereotypes

African American young adult literature

Alexie, Sherman Joseph, Jr.

Alvarez, Julia

American born Chinese

Anaya, Rudolfo

Angelou, Maya

Arab American autobiography

Arab American novel

Arab American stereotypes

Assimilation

Autobiography of Malcolm X, The

Baldwin, James

Bambara, Toni Cade

Beloved

Bilingualism

Black boy

Blanco, Richard

Blues, The

Bluest eye, The

Border narratives

Brooks, Gwendolyn

Canon

Caribbean (anglophone) American autobiography

Caribbean (anglophone) American novel

Caribbean (anglophone) American poetry

Chinese American autobiography

Chinese American drama

Chinese American novel

Chinese American poetry

Chinese American stereotypes

Cisneros, Sandra

Civil rights movement

Cliff, Michelle

Color purple, The

Cooper, J. (Joan) California

Cuban American autobiography

Cuban American novel

Cuban American poetry

Culture clash

Danticat, Edwidge

Diaz, Junot

Dominican American novel

Dominican American poetry

Douglass, Frederick

Dove, Rita

Down these mean streets

Ellison, Ralph Waldo

Erdrich, Louise

Ethnicity

Eurocentrism

Filipino American novel

Gaines, Ernest J.

Galarza, Ernesto

García, Cristina

Haley, Alex

Hansberry, Lorraine

Harlem renaissance

Hawai'i literature

Hawaiian literature

Hosseini, Khaled

House on Mango Street, The

Hughes, Langston

Hurston, Zora Neale

I know why the caged bird sings

Identity

Internment

Invisible man

Iranian American literature

Islas, Arturo, Jr.

Jacobs, Harriet

Japanese American autobiography

Japanese American novel

Jasmine

Jazz

Jones, Edward P.

Joy luck club, The

Kincaid, Jamaica

King, Martin Luther, Jr.

Kingston, Maxine Hong

Korean American literature

Lahiri, Jhumpa

Larsen, Nella

Laviera, Tato

Lee, Chang-rae

Lesson before dying, A

Lorde, Audre

Marshall, Paule

McBride, James

Mexican American autobiography

Mexican American children's literature

Mexican American drama

Mexican American gay literature

Mexican American lesbian literature

Mexican American poetry

Mexican American stereotypes

Momaday, Navarre Scott

Moody, Anne

Morrison Toni

Mukherjee, Bharati

Multiculturalism

Native American autobiography

Native American drama

Native American novel

Native American oral texts

Native American poetry

Native American stereotypes

Naylor, Gloria

Nuyorican

Obama, Barack Hussein

Okada, John

Ortiz, Simon J.

Ortiz Cofer, Judith

Passing

Pedagogy and U.S. ethnic literatures

Piñero, Miguel

Puerto Rican American autobiography

Puerto Rican American drama

Puerto Rican American gay literature

Puerto Rican American lesbian literature

Puerto Rican American novel

Puerto Rican American poetry

Puerto Rican stereotypes

Race

Racism

Raisin in the sun, A

Rechy, John

Rivera, Tomás

Rodriguez, Richard

Signifying

Silent dancing

Silko, Leslie Marmon

Song of Solomon

South Asian American literature

Spirituals

Street, The

Tan, Amy

Their eyes were watching God

Thomas, Pieri

Trickster, African American

Trickster, Native American

Valdez, Luis

Vietnamese American literature

Villarreal, José Antonio

Vizenor, Gerald

Walker, Alice

Way to Rainy Mountain, The

Whiteness

Wilson, August

Wilson, Harriet E.

Woman warrior : memoirs of a girlhood among ghosts, The

Wright, Richard.