A Digital Edition and Reconsideration of a Foundational Anthology of Asian American Literature

FAIN: FT-254689-17

Tara Fickle
University of Oregon (Eugene, OR 97403-5219)

Creation of a digital edition of Aiiieeeee! An Anthology of Asian-American Writers (1974), a formative text in the development of Asian American Studies.

“Behind Aiiieeeee!” is a digital humanities project that examines the genesis of Asian American literature and its political and aesthetic role in contemporary America. It undertakes the first comprehensive archival analysis of Aiiieeeee!, a foundational Asian American literary anthology from the 1970s formed in the crucible of national post-civil rights struggles and global “Third World Movements” in Asia. These unpublished materials will be showcased through a series of online interactive learning modules, including an annotated hypertext version of the original edition and a visual map of the inter-ethnic and transnational networks involved. It will provide educators and students with the resources to appreciate a number of unfamiliar but seminal Asian American texts, while contributing to a scholarly understanding of how literary fiction became a powerful vehicle for synthesizing the political and aesthetic aspirations of the first generation of self-proclaimed Asian Americans.

Associated Products

Inside the Japanese American Internment: Interactive Fiction Game (Game/Simulation)
Title: Inside the Japanese American Internment: Interactive Fiction Game
Author: Tara Fickle
Abstract: "Inside the Japanese American internment," the text-based game completed during the fellowship term, draws on the demonstrated efficacy of educational gaming and empathic learning by having students play the first-person perspective of an internee.
Year: 2017
Primary URL: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5omLun8vsYFc1dhYlRuY3V4cVU/view?usp=sharing
Primary URL Description: The web link is to a PDF file: an annotated version of a sample page from the game. The game will be rolled out following a final round of testing and certification by our digital scholarship center support staff.
Access Model: Open Access
Source Available?: Yes

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