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Chapter 6 - Island in Between

The Politics of Place in the Poetry of Angel Island

from Part I - Empire and Resistance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 May 2021

By
Julia H. Lee
Edited by
Josephine Lee  and
Julia H. Lee
Josephine Lee
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
Julia H. Lee
Affiliation:
University of California, Irvine
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This chapter argues that form, materiality, and environment are fundamental in considering the significance of the Angel Island poems, which were carved into the walls of the Immigration Station by Chinese laborers attempting to enter the United States. The poems, their production, and dissemination call into question some of the foundational assumptions about what constitutes Asian American literature and offers an alternative for thinking about the field.

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Angel IslandAsian American poetryChinese AmericansChinese Exclusion Actimmigrationecocriticism
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Asian American Literature in Transition, 1850–1930 , pp. 102 - 118
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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  • Island in Between
  • Edited by Josephine Lee, University of Minnesota, Julia H. Lee, University of California, Irvine
  • Book: Asian American Literature in Transition, 1850–1930
  • Online publication: 27 May 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108914048.008
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  • Island in Between
  • Edited by Josephine Lee, University of Minnesota, Julia H. Lee, University of California, Irvine
  • Book: Asian American Literature in Transition, 1850–1930
  • Online publication: 27 May 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108914048.008
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  • Island in Between
  • Edited by Josephine Lee, University of Minnesota, Julia H. Lee, University of California, Irvine
  • Book: Asian American Literature in Transition, 1850–1930
  • Online publication: 27 May 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108914048.008
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