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Zusatztext "This is a captivating study of the politicization of Chinese American immigrants in Southern California. What is particularly exciting and unique about this fine piece of research is the attention paid to reconstructing the process of dialectical negotiations between the foreign- and the U.S.-born activists for alliance building and strategic planning." Informationen zum Autor Tritia Toyota is Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Departments of Anthropology and Asian American Studies at UCLA. She is also an award-winning broadcast journalist with more than 25 years in Southern California television news. She wrote and produced the first Emmy award-winning, hour-long documentary Asian America . Klappentext Tritia Toyota is Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Departments of Anthropology and Asian American Studies at UCLA. She is also an award-winning broadcast journalist with more than 25 years in Southern California television news. She wrote and produced the first Emmy award-winning, hour-long documentary Asian America. Zusammenfassung Envisioning America is a revealing ethnographic portrait of how naturalized Chinese in Southern California have pursued the democratic ideals of participation through political empowerment and community recognition despite impediments to their full inclusion as American citizens.
