Transitive CulturesWinner of the 2020 Shelley Fisher Fishkin Prize from the American Studies Association Texts written by Southeast Asian migrants have often been read, taught, and studied under the label of multicultural literature. But what if the ideology of multiculturalismwith its emphasis on authenticity and identifiable cultural differenceis precisely what this literature resists? Transitive Cultures offers a new perspective on transpacific Anglophone literature,