Ethnicity and the American Short Story

How do different ethnic groups approach the short story form? Do different groups develop culture-related themes? Do oral traditions within a culture shape written stories? Why does "the community" loom so large in ethnic stories? How do such traditional forms as African American slave narratives or the Chinese talk-story shape the modern short story? Why have some minority writers been ignored for such a long time? How does a person of color write for white publishers, editors, and readers? This collection of original studies addresses these questions and other related concerns. It is the first work to focus specifically on short story writing by ethnic minorities, ranging from African Americans to Native Americans, Chinese to Hispanics. The number of women writers discussed will be of particular interest to women studies and genre studies researchers.