The racial mundane : Asian American performance and the embodied everyday /

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"Across the twentieth century, national controversies involving Asian Americans have drawn attention to such seemingly unremarkable activities as eating rice, greeting customers, and studying for exams. While public debates about Asian Americans have invoked quotidian practices to support incon...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kim, Ju Yon
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, 2015.
Temas:
Human behavior > Social aspects > United States.
Human body > Social aspects > United States.
Habit > Social aspects > United States.
Social interaction > United States.
Performance > Social aspects > United States.
Asian Americans > Social life and customs.
Asian Americans > Social conditions.
Asian Americans > Race identity.
Comportement humain > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Habitude > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Interaction sociale > États-Unis.
Rendement au travail > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Américains d'origine asiatique > Mœurs et coutumes.
Américains d'origine asiatique > Conditions sociales.
Américains d'origine asiatique > Identité ethnique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Human behavior > Social aspects.
Human body > Social aspects.
Performance > Social aspects.
Race relations.
Social interaction.
United States > Race relations.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Ambiguous habits and the paradox of Asian American racial formation
  • Trying on the yellow jacket at the limits of our town : the routines of race and nation
  • Everyday rituals and the performance of community
  • Making change : interracial conflict, cross-racial performance
  • Homework becomes you : the model minority and its doubles
  • Afterword: The everyday Asian American online.

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