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
Autor principal: Kim, Ju Yon
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Ethnic & Race Studies.
Social Sciences.
Gender & Ethnic Studies.
Social interaction.
Race relations.
Performance > Social aspects.
Human body > Social aspects.
Human behavior > Social aspects.
Asian Americans > Social life and customs.
Asian Americans > Social conditions.
Asian Americans > Race identity.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Americains d'origine asiatique > Identite ethnique.
Americains d'origine asiatique > Conditions sociales.
Americains d'origine asiatique > Moeurs et coutumes.
Rendement au travail > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Interaction sociale > États-Unis.
Habitude > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Comportement humain > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Performance > Social aspects > United States.
Social interaction > United States.
Habit > Social aspects > United States.
Human body > Social aspects > United States.
Human behavior > Social aspects > United States.
United States.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States > Race relations.
Electronic books.
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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