Acknowledgements page vii // 1 Introduction Maria Lauret 1 // 2 Native American fiction Marlin Padget 10 // Overview and antecedents: the evolution of Native // American fiction 10 // Native American fiction and recent literary theory 21 // Case studies: three important works of Native // American fiction 25 // Investigating further 59 // Annotated short bibliography 60 // 3 African American fiction Maria Lauret 64 // Overview and antecedents: the evolution of // African American fiction 64 // African American fiction and recent literary theory 85 // Case studies: three important works of African // American fiction 99 // Investigating further 125 // Annotated short bibliography 128 // 4 Asian American fiction Helena Grice 133 // Overview and antecedents: the evolution of Asian American fiction 133 // Asian American fiction and recent literary theory 149 // Case studies: three important works of Asian American fiction 157 // Investigating further 184 // Annotated short bibliography 185 // 5 Chicano/a fiction Candida Hepworth 189 Overview’ and antecedents: the evolution of // Chicano/a fiction 189 // Chicano/a literature and recent literary theory 203 // Case studies: three important works of // Chicano/a fiction 212 // Investigating further 237 // Annotated short bibliography 239 // Index 245