Imagine Otherwise - On Asian Americanist Critique

"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"

Table des matières

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

A propos de l'auteur

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.

Résumé

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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Chuh, Kandice Chuh, Kandice Chuh
• Edition: Duke University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 17.04.2003
• EAN: 9780822331049
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-3104-9
• Pages: 232
• Poids: 454 g
• Catégories: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences de la Terre > Géographie; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Ethnologie > Folklore; Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Regionalstudien