Asian American Studies Now : : A Critical Reader / / ed. by Thomas Chen, Jean Yu-Wen Shen Wu, Jean Yu-Wen Shen Wu.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• TeilnehmendeR: Ancheta, Angelo N.; Chan, Suecheng.; Chiu, Monica.; Dirlik, Arif.; Dorow, Sara.; Eng, David.; Espiritu, Yen Le.; Han, Shinhee.; Kim, Elaine.; Lee, Ericka.; Lee, Robert G.; Leong, Andrew.; Maira, Sunaina.; Manalansan, Martin.; Matsuda, Mari.; McGregor, Davianna.; Okhiro, Gary.; Omatsu, Glenn.; Omi, Michael.; Parrenas, Rhacel.; Perez, Hiram.; Prashad, Vijay.; Shah, Nayan.; Takagi, Dana Y.; Tang, Eric.; Weglyn, Michi.; Winant, Howard.; Wu, Jean.; Yuh, Ji-Yeon.; Zia, Helen.
• MitwirkendeR: Ancheta, Angelo N.,; Chan, Sucheng,; Chiu, Monica,; Dirlik, Arif,; Dorow, Sara,; Eng, David L.,; Espiritu, Yen Le,; Han, Shinhee,; Lee, Erika,; Lee, Robert G.,; Leong, Andrew,; Maira, Sunaina,; Manalansan I V, Martin F.,; Matsuda, Mari,; McGregor, Davianna Pomaika'i,; Okihiro, Gary Y.,; Omatsu, Glenn,; Omi, Michael,; Perez, Hiram,; Prashad, Vijay,; Schein, Louisa,; Shah, Nayan,; Takagi, Dana,; Tang, Eric,; Thoj, Va-Megn,; Weglyn, Michi Nishiura,; Winant, Howard,; Wu, Jean Y.,; Yuh, Ji-Yeon,; Zia, Helen,
• HerausgeberIn: Chen, Thomas,; Wu, Jean Yu-Wen Shen,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (672 p.)

Asian American Studies Now truly represents the enormous changes occurring in Asian American communities and the world, changes that require a reconsideration of how the interdisciplinary field of Asian American studies is defined and taught. This comprehensive anthology, arranged in four parts and...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• ONE: SITUATING ASIAN AMERICA
• 1. WHEN AND WHERE I ENTER
• 2. NEITHER BLACK NOR WHITE
• 3. DETROIT BLUES: "BECAUSE OF YOU MOTHERFUCKERS"
• 4. A DIALOGUE ON RACIAL MELANCHOLIA
• 5. HOME IS WHERE THE HAN IS: A KOREAN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE ON THE LOS ANGELES UPHEAVALS
• 6. RECOGNIZING NATIVE HAWAIIANS A QUEST FOR SOVEREIGNTY
• 7. SITUATING ASIAN AMERICANS IN THE POLITICAL DISCOURSE ON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
• 8. RACISM: FROM DOMINATION TO HEGEMONY
• TWO: HISTORY AND MEMORY
• 9. THE CHINESE ARE COMING. HOW CAN WE STOP THEM? CHINESE EXCLUSION AND THE ORIGINS OF AMERICAN GATEKEEPING
• 10. PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE MAPPING OF CHINA TOWN
• 11. THE SECRET MUNSON REPORT
• 12. ASIAN AMERICAN STRUGGLES FOR CIVIL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL RIGHTS
• 13. OUT OF THE SHADOWS: CAMPTOWN WOMEN, MILITARY BRIDES, AND KOREAN (AMERICAN) COMMUNITIES
• 14. THE COLD WAR ORIGINS OF THE MODEL MINORITY MYTH
• 15. WHY CHINA? IDENTIFYING HISTORIES OF TRANSNATIONAL ADOPTION
• 16. THE "FOUR PRISONS" AND THE MOVEMENTS OF LIBERATION: ASIAN AMERICAN ACTIVISM FROM THE 1960s TO THE 1990s
• THREE: CULTURE, POLITICS, AND SOCIETY
• 17. YOUTH CULTURE, CITIZENSHIP, AND GLOBALIZATION: SOUTH ASIAN MUSLIM YOUTH IN THE UNITED STATES AFTER SEPTEMBER 11TH
• 18. ASIAN IMMIGRANT WOMEN AND GLOBAL RESTRUCTURING, 1970s-1990s
• 19. MEDICAL, RACIST, AND COLONIAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF POWER IN ANNE FADIMAN'S THE SPIRIT CATCHES YOU AND YOU FALL DOWN
• 20. SEARCHING FOR COMMUNITY: FILIPINO GAY MEN IN NEW YORK CITY
• 21. HOW TO REHABILITATE A MULATTO: THE ICONOGRAPHY OF TIGER WOODS
• 22. OCCULT RACISM: THE MASKING OF RACE IN THE HMONG HUNTER INCIDENT
• 23. COLLATERAL DAMAGE: SOUTH EAST ASIAN POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES
• FOUR: PEDAGOGIES AND POSSIBILITIES
• 24. WHITHER ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES?
• 25. FREEDOM SCHOOLING: RECONCEPTUALIZING ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES FOR OUR COMMUNITIES
• 26. ASIANS ON THE RIM: TRANSNATIONAL CAPITAL AND LOCAL COMMUNITY IN THE MAKING OF CONTEMPORARY ASIAN AMERICA
• 27. CRAFTING SOLIDARITIES
• 28. WE WILL NOT BE USED: ARE ASIAN AMERICANS THE RACIAL BOURGEOISIE?
• 29. THE STRUGGLE OVER PARCEL C: HOW BOSTON'S CHINA TOWN WON A VICTORY IN THE FIGHT AGAINST INSTITUTIONAL EXPANSIONISM AND ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM
• 30. RACE MATTERS IN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT WORK
• 31. HOMES, BORDERS, AND POSSIBILITIES
• Biographical Notes
• Copyrights and Permissions
• Index