ISBN:
9780813548012
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
X, 238 S.
,
Ill.
Serie:
American literatures initiative
DDC:
810.9/895073
Schlagwort(e):
American literature Asian American authors
;
History and criticism
;
Asian Americans in literature
;
Asian Americans Intellectual life
;
Poverty in literature
;
Ethnic groups in literature
;
Social classes in literature
;
Model minority stereotype
;
American literature
;
Asian American authors
;
History and criticism
;
Asian Americans in literature
;
Asian Americans
;
Intellectual life
;
Poverty in literature
;
Ethnic groups in literature
;
Social classes in literature
;
Model minority stereotype
;
Fiktionale Darstellung
;
USA
;
Asiaten
;
Literatur
;
Ausgrenzung
;
Nationale Minderheit
;
Wohngebiet
Kurzfassung:
Introduction : Writing the ghetto -- "Like a slum": ghettos and ethnic enclaves, ghetto and genre -- The Japanese American internment : master narratives and class critique -- Chinese suicide: political desire and queer exogamy -- Ethnic entrepreneurs: Korean American spies, shopkeepers, and the 1992 Los Angeles riots -- Indian Edison: the ethnoburbian paradox and corrective ethnography -- Conclusion : A fork in the road: the post-racial aesthetic and class visibility
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Introduction: Writing the ghetto -- "Like a slum": ghettos and ethnic enclaves, ghetto and genre -- The Japanese American internment: master narratives and class critique -- Chinese suicide: political desire and queer exogamy -- Ethnic entrepreneurs: Korean American spies, shopkeepers, and the 1992 LA Riots -- Arrival?: the ethnoburbian paradox and corrective ethnography -- Epilogue: A fork in the road: the post-racial aesthetic and class visibility.
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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