Popular genre fiction written by Asian American women and featuring Asian American characters gained a market presence in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. These crossover books mother-daughter narratives, chick lit, detective fiction, and food writing attempt to bridge ethnic audiences and a broader reading public. In "Asian American Women's Popular Literature, " Pamela Thoma considers how these books both depict contemporary American-ness and contribute critically to public dialogue about national belonging.Novels such as Michelle Yu and Blossom Kan s "China Dolls" and...

Popular genre fiction written by Asian American women and featuring Asian American characters gained a market presence in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. These crossover books mother-daughter narratives, chick lit, detective fiction, and food writing attempt to bridge ethnic audiences and a broader reading public. In "Asian American Women's Popular Literature, " Pamela Thoma considers how these books both depict contemporary American-ness and contribute critically to public dialogue about national belonging.Novels such as Michelle Yu and Blossom Kan s "China Dolls" and...