The state of race : Asian/American fiction after World War II /

"Contemporary ideas about race are often assumed to be products of specific locales and histories, and yet we find versions of the same ideas about race across countries and cultures. How can we account for this paradox? In The State of Race, Sze Wei Ang argues that globalization has led to new...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ang, Sze Wei, 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2019]
Series:SUNY series in multiethnic literature.
Subjects:
Race in literature.
Racism in literature.
Asians in literature.
American fiction > Asian American authors > History and criticism.
Malaysian fiction > History and criticism.
Race dans la littérature.
Racisme dans la littérature.
Asiatiques dans la littérature.
Roman américain > Auteurs américains d'origine asiatique > Histoire et critique.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
American fiction > Asian American authors.
Malaysian fiction.
Race relations.
United States > Race relations.
Malaysia > Race relations.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
Malaisie > Relations raciales.
Malaysia.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Tropes of exemplarity: morality as racial pedagogy
  • Tropes of degeneration: morality and political efficacy
  • Tropes of insecurity: state competition and racial anxiety
  • Tropes of security: the global American dream

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