Model-Minority Imperialism /

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Focusing on the terms of Asian American assimilation and the rise of the model-minority myth, Victor Bascara examines the resurgence of empire as a tool for understanding the legacy of American imperialism. Model-Minority Imperialism links geopolitical dramas of twentieth-century empire building wit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bascara, Victor, 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : University of Minnesota Press, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Imperialism in literature.
Ethnic relations.
Asian Americans > Social conditions.
Asian Americans in literature.
Asian Americans and mass media.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
Imperialisme dans la litterature.
Americains d'origine asiatique dans la litterature.
Americains d'origine asiatique et medias.
Americains d'origine asiatique > Conditions sociales.
United States.
États-Unis > Relations interethniques.
United States > Ethnic relations.
Computer network resources.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : we are here because you were there
  • Unburdening empire : the cultural politics of Asian American difference
  • An ever-emergent empire : the discourse of American exceptionalism
  • "The American earth was like a huge heart" : old dreams and the new imperialism
  • Uplifting race, reconstructing empire
  • "Everybody wants to be Farrah" : absurd histories and historical absurdities
  • Epilogue : pay any price, bear any burden.

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