Zora Neale Hurston, D'Arcy McNickle, and the culture of anthropology
Richard Wright, Robert Park, and the literature of sociology
Jade Snow Wong, Ralph Ellison, and desegregation
John Okada and the sociology of internment
Américo Paredes and the folklore of the border
Toni Morrison, Frank Chin, and cultural nationalisms, 1965-1975
N. Scott Momaday : blood and identity
Ishmael Reed and the search for survivals
Gloria Anzaldúa, Aztlán, and Aztec survivals
Conclusion : the multicultural complex and the incoherence of literary multiculturalism.