Amerasia
This Asian American Studies journal has been in publication since 1971,
and has a search engine for topics covered in past issues available on
their web site (you can also use this site to search the American Indian
Culture Journal and Aztlan). Check your local college library
for bound and current issues.
Journal
of Asian American Studies
This is an interdisciplinary journal which focuses on Asian American
issues and is produced by the Association
of Asian American Studies. Some college campuses will have electronic
access to this via "Project Muse" of Johns Hopkins Press.
Hitting
Critial Mass: A Journal of Asian American Cultural Criticism
According to its website, it is no longer accepting submissions as
of February 2001; however, you can still get access to back issues dating
back to 1993 via the web (click on link above) which cover a range of topics
by a number of important and up-and-coming critics.
MELUS: Journal
of the Society for the Study of the Multi-ethnic Literature of the United
States.
Focused on literature and literary criticism, MELUS
is the most important journal for the study of Ethnic American literature
and it has individual articles, reviews, interviews, and occasionally whole
issues devoted to the study of Asian American literature. MELUS
can be found in both print and electronic form and most colleges and universities
will provide students with access to the full text MELUS
articles for printing, downloading, or emailing.
Asian American
Studies Center at UCLA
A great site that gives information about new books in the field, events
and other kinds of information. They have an Asian American Studies Interdepartmental
Program.
CSU Stanislaus'
"Asian Ameican Literature: A Selective Bibliography"
This bibliogrpaphy is divided in pre 1950 and post 1950 sections and
then divided up by ethnic group.
USC's
"Asian American Collections: Recent Acquisitions"
This 1999 list gives an update to the texts listed in the CSU Stanislaus
website which originated around 1995. This list contains videos and
texts that are not all directly about Asian American literature but which
would be of interest to those taking on the theoretical and cultural issues
important to the study of Asian American literature nevertheless.
Michigan State University
Libraries' Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Resources
This site provides some statistics on Asian Americans along with references
with links directly to the MSU catalog in a manner similar to the SJSU
page above.
Arkipelago
Philippine Books
Provides books from Southeast Asian and Asian American authors.
Asian American Writers' Workshop
A non-profit writers' organization geared towards Asian American writers
and promoting Asian American literature. Sponsors creative writing workshops,
readings, and programs. Located in New York.
Centennial Books
This online bookstore (affiliated with Amazon.com) provides reviews
and online purchasing of books related to American Studies, including topics
in Asian American Studies.
The Filipino and
Filipino-American Cyber-Library
An Amazon.com affiliated site with convenient categories and a large
assortment of Filipino American texts.
University of Hawaii
Press
Publisher of books on Asian, Asian American, Hawaiian, and Pacific
studies. The University of Hawaii Press also publishes several journals
related to Asian and Pacific Studies.
Kaya
Publisher of "asian/diasporic literature and culture." As an independent
press, Kaya offers a range of texts that you usually won't see in big commecial
bookstores. They generally make quality books and their anthology Premonitions
is particularly beautiful.
Temple University Press
Has some great books, especially their series Asian
American History and Culture.
University of Washington
Press
Publishing a wide variety of books in the humanities fields, the University
of Washington Press web site has a subsection dedicated to their Asian
American Studies books.
aMagazine: Inside Asian America
Think Vanity Fair with an occasional touch of Glamour
or Seventeen. In between articles about Lucy Liu and beefcake shots
of Asian American men, there are some excellent articles about Asian American
theater--see "Sixth Row Center" column and reviews of Asian American literature,
music, you name it. The online version of the magazine has slightly different
features but you can still get access to items such as the survey of the
best colleges for Asian Americans.
Asian American
Village
This site is produced by Minorities'
Job Bank which also produces a number of other ethnic "villages." The
site is a kind of kiosk for news and information about the arts, politics,
lifestyles, and employment geared towards Asian American and Pacific Islanders.
NAATA, National Asian American
Telecommunications Association
Probably your best source for Asian American videos. They don't just
distribute videos, they fund and produce them as well. Founded in 1980.
San
Jose State University
The catalog entry shows what is required for a minor in Asian American
Studies at SJSU.
University
of California at Berkeley Ethnic Studies Department
The website provides information on the various areas of specialization
available as well as their PhD program. In combination with their strong
English department, UC Berkeley has produced many important scholars of
Asian American literature.
University of California
at Santa Barbara
See the UCSB homepage for a view
of the best location any university student could ask for. The department
webpage offers the basics such as class listings and faculty information.
New York University's
Asian/Pacific/American Studies Program & Institute
A glamorous website that is sometimes hard to read but nevertheless
provides a lot of information about their program and related events.
University
of Wisconsin, Madison Asian American Studies Program
Has links to book and video lists.
Asian &
Pacific Island American History & Literature for K-12 Teachers
The "Internet School Library Media Center Asian Americans page which
includes history, literature and biography of American of Asian ancestry.
The ISLMC is a meta-site for librarians, teachers, parents and students."
A searchable site with lots of great links. This same source also offers
a site called "Asian-American
Literature: History, Classroom Use, Bibliography & WWW Resources."
Be wary of its over-simplified advice about evaluating ethnic literature.
EN320
- Georgian Court College's Asian American Literature Course
Contains student reviews of Asian American Literature, as well as links
to other Asian American resources, reading lists, etc.
MANOA: A Pacific Journal
of International Writing
One of the many journals published by the University of Hawaii Press.
Features literary works, interviews, and reviews.
AltaVista: Simple Query "Asian American Literature"
Google
Search Results - Asian American Literature VOICE
OF THE SHUTTLE HOME PAGE
One of the forerunners in online humanities resources. See the Asian
American Literature listing (small), as well as the Asian
American Studies listing (large).
This site is continually undergoing change and we welcome your suggestions. Email Professor Noelle Williams of San Jose State University at awilli@email.sjsu.edu. A release-time grant from the English Department of San Jose State University enabled the creation of this site. Stephanie Bryant aided in the original compiling and composition of this site.