Growing Up Asian American: A Look at Some Recent Young Adult Novels.

Louie, Ai-Ling

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ERIC Number: EJ457917

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1993

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Growing Up Asian American: A Look at Some Recent Young Adult Novels.

Louie, Ai-Ling

Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, v6 n2 p115-27 Win 1993

Examines and reviews eight young adult novels about Asian Americans, focusing on readability and the portrayal of stereotypes. Discussed are story lines, character development, gender roles, and the conclusion that, in all but one novel, Asian Americans are stereotyped as weak and inferior or as sex objects. (49 references/notes) (EA)

Descriptors: Achievement Need, Adolescent Literature, Asian Americans, Book Reviews, Characterization, Females, Minority Groups, Models, Novels, Racial Bias, Stereotypes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Book/Product Reviews; Opinion Papers; Reference Materials - Bibliographies

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Language: English

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