KENT A. ONO

Asian American Studies After Critical Mass

Herausgeber: Ono, Kent A

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Produktbeschreibung

Asian American Studies After Critical Massis a dynamic collection that showcases the most exciting scholarship in the field from a critical and cultural studies perspective. Comprised of ten original essays written by a group of scholars at the vanguard of the discipline, this collection takes on a range of topics and concerns, including Asian American film and popular culture; Asian Americans at the dawn of the twenty-first century; globalization and transnational citizenship; and queer Asian America. Addressing some of the most exciting issues and ideas in Asian American studies, this book strikes a bold new path for the field. This book can be used in conjunction with the Blackwell Companion to Asian American Studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Dezember 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 484g
• ISBN-13: 9781405115964
• ISBN-10: 1405115963
• Artikelnr.: 22001706

Autorenporträt

Kent A. Ono is Professor of Asian American Studies and Communications, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where he is also Director of the Asian American Studies Program. He is co-author of Shifting Borders (with John Sloop, 2002) and co-editor of Enterprise Zones (1996).

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on Contributors.
Acknowledgments.
Asian American Studies in Its Second Phase: Kent A. Ono (University of
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign).
PART I: Representations.
1 What is the Political? American Culture and the Example of Viet Nam: Viet
Nguyen (University of Southern California).
2 Ethnography, the Cinematic Apparatus, and Asian American Film Studies:
Peter Feng (University of Delaware).
3 Culinary Fictions: Immigrant Foodways and Race in Indian American
Literature: Anita Mannur (Wesleyan University).
PART II: Identities.
4 Foregrounding Native Nationalisms: A Critique of Anti-Nationalist
Sentiment in Asian American Studies: Candace Fujikane (University of
Hawaii).
5 A World Make-Over? An Asian American Queer Critique: Martin Manalansan IV
(University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign).
6 Asian American Studies Through (Somewhat) Asian Eyes: Integrating "Mixed
Race" into the Asian American Discourse: Cynthia Nakashima (University of
California at Berkeley).
PART III: Disciplines and Methodologies.
7 Asian American Studies and the "Pacific Question": J. Kehaulani Kauanui
(Wesleyan University).
8 Planet Youth: Asian American Youth Cultures, Citizenship, and
Globalization: Sunaina Maira (University of California, Davis).
9 The Problematics of History and Location of Filipino American Studies
within Asian American Studies: Helen Toribio (San Francisco State
University).
10 Rethinking Asian American Victimhood: Understanding the Complexity of
Race and Citizenship in America: Taro Iwata (University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign).
Index