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Is there a distinctive Asian American creative sensibility?

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9781566398176

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""Yellow Light is an impressive undertaking that deserves recognition as an introduction to contemporary Asian American arts, and more importantly, as an exploration of the diversity of that community... [It] is a testament to the Asian American creative spirit and another step toward a new understanding of contemporary art."" --MultiCultural Review ""Although treating only Asian American artists, by inference this book goes far beyond that group, engaging the reader in questions about ethnicity of all persuasions. As such, this is a very telling work about conditions and aspirations of multicultural artistic populations. "" --Choice ""...a valuable resource and an important marker of the state of Asian American creativity at the end of the twentieth century."" --Journal of Asian American Studies

Yellow Light is an impressive undertaking that deserves recognition as an introduction to contemporary Asian American arts, and more importantly, as an exploration of the diversity of that community... [It] is a testament to the Asian American creative spirit and another step toward a new understanding of contemporary art. --MultiCultural Review Although treating only Asian American artists, by inference this book goes far beyond that group, engaging the reader in questions about ethnicity of all persuasions. As such, this is a very telling work about conditions and aspirations of multicultural artistic populations. --Choice ...a valuable resource and an important marker of the state of Asian American creativity at the end of the twentieth century. --Journal of Asian American Studies

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The late Amy Ling was Professor in the Department of English and the Asian American Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She authored numerous books, including Between Worlds: Women Writers of Chinese Ancestry and Chinamerican Reflections, a chapbook of poems and paintings.

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