Identities and Issues in Literature concentrates on how great social change can be traced in the literature of North America. Its three volumes explore authors, works and subjects related to North American and World Literature. Topics covered include abortion and birth control, African American identity, appearance and identity, Asian American identity, Catholicism, diaries and journals, ethnic composition of universities, feminism, the Harlem Renaissance, the Korean War, mixed race and identity, Native American identity, popular culture, and violence.