Brief analytical presentation on American Born Chinese done as part of undergraduate studies at Scripps College.

1. American Born
Chinese

2. Mainstream
National Book Awards
Michael L. Printz Award
Eisner Award
Publishers Weekly
San Francisco Chronicle
Amazon.com Best Graphic Novel of the Year
Booklist Top 10 Graphic Novel
Time Top 10 of the Year
published in 2006

3. Three Narratives

4. Monkey King
Monkey King
Monkey King in American Born Chinese

5. Jin Wang

6. Danny

7. Switching
Narratives
&
Ordering of
Episodes in
ABC.

8. Chin-Kee & literal moments of farce

9. Use of Comic Book Form

10. Three Narratives

11. Reasons For Incorporating ABC
extending course material to contemporary
state of graphic novels
example of provocative material in the
mainstream
extending our ideas of what is an “American”
narrative (and decentering whiteness)
simple story, jarring confrontation with race