Thursday Feb 18
3-4:00 pm
Children’s literature depicting the Asian diaspora has grown and diversified considerably over the past few decades, partly because the 1965 Immigration Act made it possible for more Asian people to immigrate to the United States; the “children of 1965,” as Min Hyoung Song calls them, have come of age and are publishing some of the most highly regarded books in the industry. In this lecture, Park Dahlen argues that Asian American youth literature may be approaching a “golden age,” as measured by both popularity and critical acclaim, but despite significant gains, this literature has a long way to go. By examining children’s literature addressing two specific topics—Asian bodies and Asian food—Park Dahlen demonstrates how this literature still suffers from persistent distortions and erasure, and suggests some interventions we need to make in order to diversify and complicate depictions of the Asian diaspora in an increasingly transnational world.
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