Writing the Ghetto : Class, Authorship and the Asian American Ethnic Enclave.

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In the United States, perhaps no minority group is considered as "model" or successful as the Asian American community, which is often described as residing in positive-sounding "ethnic enclaves." Yoonmee Chang's Writing the Ghetto helps clarify the hidden or unspoken class...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chang, Yoonmee, 1970- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, 2010.
Colección:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
American literature > Asian American authors > History and criticism.
Asian Americans > Intellectual life.
Asian Americans in literature.
Ethnic groups in literature.
Model minority stereotype.
Poverty in literature.
Social classes in literature.
Littérature américaine > Auteurs américains d'origine asiatique > Histoire et critique.
Américains d'origine asiatique > Vie intellectuelle.
Américains d'origine asiatique dans la littérature.
Groupes ethniques dans la littérature.
Stéréotype de la minorité modèle.
Pauvreté dans la littérature.
Classes sociales dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > Asian American.
American literature > Asian American authors.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; 1
  • Introduction: The Asian American Ghetto; 2
  • "Like a Slum": Ghettos and Ethnic Enclaves, Ghetto and Genre; 3
  • The Japanese American Internment: Master Narratives and Class Critique; 4
  • Chinese Suicide: Political Desire and Queer Exogamy; 5
  • Ethnic Entrepreneurs: Korean American Spies, Shopkeepers, and the 1992 Los Angeles Riots; 6
  • Indian Edison: The Ethnoburbian Paradox and Corrective Ethnography; Conclusion: The Postracial Aesthetic and Class Visibility; Notes; Works Cited; Index; About the Author.

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