![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The analysis concludes that the immigrant journey moves from assimilation to community to resistance, resulting in the most current representation of the Asian immigrant as negotiating a culturally hybrid identity. This literary analysis is framed by five areas of scholarship: the power of picture books for young readers Asian-American literary theory perspectives on multicultural literature the move from multicultural literary theory to postcolonial theory and in particular Bhabha’s postcolonial theory of cultural hybridity. A sample of Asian-American and Asian-Australian picture books and graphic novels Hannah Is My Name: A Young Immigrant’s Story (written and illustrated by Belle Yang), The Arrival (written and illustrated by Shaun Tan), and American Born Chinese (written and illustrated by Gene Luen Yang), were examined for an understanding of visual representations of the cultural hybrid identity of Asian immigrants to inform classroom practice. A young Chinese girl and her parents immigrate to the United States and try their best to assimilate into their San Francisco neighborhood while anxiously awaiting the arrival of their green cards. With Chinese-influenced paintings in jewel-like colors, Belle Yang tells an immigration tale that reflects one of the many facets of the American dream. This study explores the visual representations of the immigrant journey from assimilation to community to hybridity. ![]()
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