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

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Writing the Ghetto discusses texts that are set in a variety of contexts--from the Chinese Exclusion Era and Japanese American Internment during World War II to the 1992 Los Angeles riots and the contemporary emergence of the "ethnoburh"--Created by such authors as Sui Sin Far, Winnifred E...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Chang, Yoonmee, 1970-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Armut > Motiv > Literatur > USA > Asiatisch-amerikanische Autoren.
Literatur > USA > Asiatisch-amerikanische Autoren > Motiv > Armut.
Literatur
Asiaten
Social classes in literature.
Poverty in literature.
Model minority stereotype.
Ethnic groups in literature.
Asian Americans > Intellectual life.
Asian Americans in literature.
American literature > Asian American authors.
Stereotype de la minorite modele.
Classes sociales dans la litterature.
Groupes ethniques dans la litterature.
Pauvrete dans la litterature.
Americains d'origine asiatique > Vie intellectuelle.
Americains d'origine asiatique dans la litterature.
Litterature americaine > Auteurs americains d'origine asiatique > Histoire et critique.
American literature > Asian American authors > History and criticism.
USA
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Writing the ghetto
  • "Like a slum": ghettos and ethnic enclaves, ghetto and genre
  • The Japanese American internment : master narratives and class critique
  • Chinese suicide: political desire and queer exogamy
  • Ethnic entrepreneurs: Korean American spies, shopkeepers, and the 1992 Los Angeles riots
  • Indian Edison: the ethnoburbian paradox and corrective ethnography
  • Conclusion : A fork in the road: the post-racial aesthetic and class visibility.

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