Race and Resistance - Literature and Politics in Asian America

Zusatztext An excellent seminar resource for upper-division undergraduates and above. Klappentext In Race and Resistance: Literature and Politics in Asian America, Viet Nguyen argues that Asian American intellectuals have idealized Asian America, ignoring its saturation with capitalist practices. This idealization of Asian America means that Asian American intellectuals can neither grapple with their culture's ideological diversity nor recognize their own involvement with capitalist practices such as the selling of racial identity. Making his case through the example of literature, which remains a critical arena of cultural production for Asian Americans, Nguyen demonstrates that literature embodies the complexities, conflicts, and potential future options of Asian American culture. Zusammenfassung This text examines Asian America - its idealization by its intellectuals, its saturation with capitalist practices, and the challenges posed by its ideological diversity. Using literature as a tool, the author suggests that Asian American intellectuals must examine their own assumptions.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Viet Thanh Nguyen, Viet Thanh (Assistant Professor of English Nguyen, Nguyen Viet Thanh
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.04.2002
• EAN: 9780195147001
• ISBN: 978-0-19-514700-1
• Pagine: 240
• Serie: Race and American Culture; Race and American Culture; Race & American Culture
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; USA, Ethnic Studies, Social Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, American English, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General