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"Imagine Otherwise" is a provocative work. It questions the terms in which Asian American studies have been understood and offers a set of exciting theoretical alternatives, each of which is substantiated by close readings of literary texts. Our understanding of Asian American subjectivity is significantly enhanced in the process."--David Palumbo-Liu, author of "Asian/American: Historical Crossings of a Racial Frontier"
List of contents
Preface: Imagine Otherwise ix
Introduction: On Asian Americanist Critique 1
1. Against Uniform Subjectivity: Remembering "Filipino America” 31
2. Nikkei Internment: Determined Identities/Undecidable Meanings 58
3. "One Hundred Percent Korean”: On Space and Subjectivity 85
4. (Dis)Owning America 112
Conclusion: When Difference Meets Itself 147
Notes 153
Works Cited 187
Index 211
About the author
Kandice Chuh is Professor of English, Graduate Center, City University of New York. She is coeditor of Orientations: Mapping Studies in the Asian Diaspora, published by Duke University Press.
Summary
Recognizing that the 'Asian American' elides crucial differences, this book argues for reframing Asian American studies as a study defined not by its subjects and objects, but by its critique. It negotiates the differences that constitute 'Asian America' and Asian American studies.
