身份是美国华裔文学的重要主题之一。美国华裔的身份与社会地位紧密相连,社会环境的变化,导致身份的变化,使得华裔的身份处于不断变异之中。一、第一代美国华人的身份李恩富(音译)(1861-1938?)于1887年出版的《当我在中国是个孩子的时候》是第一代华人在美国用英语出版的第一部自传体小说,它开创了此类文学的先河,据记载,最早一批二男一女三人一行的中国人到达旧金山是1848年。到了1851年,中国人增加到两千七百一十六人。1882 Identity is one of the major themes of American Chinese literature. American Chinese identity and social status are closely linked, social changes in the environment, leading to changes in status, making Chinese identity is constantly changing. First, the identity of the first generation of Chinese Americans Li Enfu (1861-1938?) Published in 1887, “When I was a child in China” is the first generation of Chinese in the United States published in English in the first autobiographical Novels, which pioneered such literature, according to records, the first batch of two men and three women and a group of Chinese arrived in San Francisco in 1848. By 1851, the Chinese increased to 2716 people. 1882