The minor intimacies of race : Asian publics in North America /

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"An attempt to put an Asian woman on Canada's $100 bill in 2012 unleashed enormous controversy. The racism and xenophobia that answered this symbolic move toward inclusiveness revealed the nation's trumpeted commitment to multiculturalism as a lie. It also showed how multiple minor pu...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kim, Christine, 1973- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana ; Chicago ; Springfield : University of Illinois Press, [2016]
Series:Asian American experience.
Subjects:
Asians > North America > Public opinion.
Public opinion > North America.
Asian Americans > Public opinion.
Asians > Canada > Public opinion.
Racism > United States.
Racism > Canada.
Intimacy (Psychology) > Social aspects > United States.
Intimacy (Psychology) > Social aspects > Canada.
Asiatiques > Amérique du Nord > Opinion publique.
Opinion publique > Amérique du Nord.
Américains d'origine asiatique > Opinion publique.
Racisme > États-Unis.
Racisme > Canada.
Intimité > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Intimité > Aspect social > Canada.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural.
HISTORY / Canada / General.
Asians > Public opinion
Public opinion
Race relations
Racism
United States > Race relations.
Canada > Race relations.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
Canada
North America
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Multiculturalism, Minor Publics, and Social Intimacy
  • National Incompletion : Awkward Multiculturalisms and Denaturalizing Whiteness
  • Transnational Triviality : Print and Digital Asian North American Publics
  • Diasporic Fragility and Brokenness : Korean War Legacies and Structures of Feeling
  • Global Loss : Metaphoric Substitution and the Logic of Human Rights
  • Conclusion: Ephemeral Publics and Roy Kiyooka's Stoned Gloves.

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