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Informationen zum Autor Nicholas De Genova, ed. Klappentext A collection of essays that examine the intertwined racialization of Latinos and Asians in the United States . Zusammenfassung Examines how the experiences of Latinos and Asians intersect in the formation of the US nation-state. This book analyzes the political and social processes that have racialized Latinos and Asians. It addresses the sociopolitical predicaments of both Latinos and Asians! bringing their experiences to light in relation to one another. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments vii Introduction: Latino and Asian Racial Formations at the Frontiers of U.S. Nationalism / Nicholas De Genova 1 Part One: Racial Science, Social Control 1. Colonial Vision, Racial Visibility: Racializations in Puerto Rico and the Philippines during the Initial Period of U.S. Colonization / Gary Y. Okihiro 23 2. Inverting Racial Logic: How Public Health Discourse and Standards Racialized the Meanings of Japanese and Mexican in Los Angeles, 1910–1924 / Natalia Molina 40 3. Getting the Measure of Tomorrow: Chinese and Chicano Americans under the Racial Gaze, 1934–1935 and 1942–1944 / Victor Jew 62 Part Two: Contradictions of Coalition 4. The Limits of Interracial Coalitions: Méndez v. Westminster Reexamined / Toni Robinson and Greg Robinson 93 5. The Political Significance of Race: Asian American and Latino Redistricting Debates in California and New York / Leland T. Saito 120 Part Three: Perils of Inclusion 6. Joining the State: Sexuality and Citizenship in Junot Díaz and Chang-rae Lee / Andrea Levine 147 7. The Passion: The Betrayals of Elián González and Wen Ho Lee / Crystal Parikh 170 Bibliography 209 Contributors 221 Index 223
