Picturing model citizens : civility in Asian American visual culture /

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At the heart of the model minority myth-often associated with Asian Americans-is the concept of civility. In this groundbreaking book, Picturing Model Citizens, Thy Phu exposes the complex links between civility and citizenship, and argues that civility plays a crucial role in constructing Asian Ame...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Phu, Thy, 1975-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2012.
Temas:
Asian Americans in popular culture.
Images, Photographic > Social aspects > United States.
Photography > Social aspects > United States.
Courtesy > United States.
Citizenship > United States.
Américains d'origine asiatique dans la culture populaire.
Images photographiques > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Photographie > Aspect social > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Asian American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Asian Americans in popular culture
Citizenship
Courtesy
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects
Photography > Social aspects
United States > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
États-Unis > Émigration et immigration > Aspect social.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Clasped hands and clenched fists
  • Spectacles of intimacy and the aesthetics of domestication
  • Cultivating citizenship : internment landscapes and still lifes
  • A manner of apology : transpacifism and the scars of reparation
  • Racial hygiene : SARS, surgical masks, and the civility of surveillance
  • The inhospitable politics of repatriation.

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