Immigration Blues | Essays and Criticism

  • Stereotypes of the Elderly

    Aubrey holds a Ph.D. in English and has published many articles on twentieth-century literature. In this essay, Aubrey discusses ‘‘Immigration Blues’’ as a study in old age and assesses the degree to which the story embodies or rejects the negative stereotypes of the old that are common in American culture.

  • New Directions

    In the following essay excerpt, Kim discusses Santos’s focus on Filipino laborer exiles who came to the United States after World War II.

  • You Lonely People: Exiles in the Stories of Bienvenido N. Santos

    In the following essay, Tan discusses the stories in Santos’s Scent of Apples and their common theme of expatriation and its effects.

  • Theme Of The Displaced Person

    In the following essay, Casper discusses the displaced person theme in Santos’s work.