The Cultural Capital of Asian American Studies : : Autonomy and Representation in the University /

The Cultural Capital of Asian American Studies : : Autonomy and Representation in the University / / Mark Chiang.

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Originating in the 1968 student-led strike at San Francisco State University, Asian American Studies was founded as a result of student and community protests that sought to make education more accessible and relevant. While members of the Asian American communities initially served on the departmen...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Chiang, Mark,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2009]
©2009
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Institutionalization and the Crisis of Representation
  • 1. From Cultural Politics to Cultural Capital
  • 2. Contradictions in the Emergence of Ethnic Studies
  • 3. Disciplinarity and the Political Identity of Asian American Studies
  • 4. The Political Economy of Minority Literature
  • 5. Asian American Cultural Capital and the Crisis of Legitimation
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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