Disoriented : Asian Americans, Law, and the Nation-State.

Does "Asian American" denote an ethnic or racial identification? Is a person of mixed ancestry, the child of Euro- and Asian American parents, Asian American? What does it mean to refer to first generation Hmong refugees and fifth generation Chinese Americans both as Asian American?. In Di...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chang, Robert
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2000.
Temas:
Asian Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Race discrimination > Law and legislation > United States.
Asian Americans > Social conditions.
Américains d'origine asiatique > Conditions sociales.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies.
Asian Americans > Social conditions
Race discrimination > Law and legislation
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Does "Asian American" denote an ethnic or racial identification? Is a person of mixed ancestry, the child of Euro- and Asian American parents, Asian American? What does it mean to refer to first generation Hmong refugees and fifth generation Chinese Americans both as Asian American?. In Disoriented: Asian Americans, Law, and the Nation State, Robert Chang examines the current discourse on race and law and the implications of postmodern theory and affirmative action-all of which have largely excluded Asian Americans-in order to develop a theory of critical Asian American legal studie.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (191 pages)
ISBN:9780814772393
0814772390

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