Minority literature

Minority literature is the set of various literary movements in the United States, framed within social and ethical minorities or otherwise marginalized from society.

It has developed among writers with immigrant roots. Among others, Chinese, African American and Chicano writers. It can also be considered women's literature. The movement raises problems such as its lack of national identity. Not being taken into consideration within the canon of US citizen, the so-called WASP, "White Anglo-Saxon Protestant", ('white, Anglo-Saxon and Protestant&# 39;), minorities began to become aware of their situation and to fight for the acquisition of their rights. These texts played a fundamental role in such awareness.