Who determines what ethnic literature gets included in the standard educational canon? How does this decision making occur? The Ethnic Canon questions the current process, arguing that texts are added to the canon only after an operation that attempts to resolve and neutralize historical and political contradictions and differences. The Ethnic Canon offers a wide variety of critical viewpoints and speaks to the history and practice of canon formation within specific ethnic literatures. The texts examined include Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon, Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man, Américo Paredes's Between Two Worlds, Richard Rodriquez's Days of Obligation, and David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly, along with the novels of Amy Tan.
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Memory of the World Librarian: Quintus

2025-02-18