Description
Book SynopsisRepresents the changes occurring in Asian American communities and the world, changes that require a reconsideration of how the interdisciplinary field of Asian American studies is defined and taught. This anthology summarizes and defines the shape of this field, addressing topics such as transnationalism, US imperialism, racism and immigration.
Trade Review"To read these essays is to be challenged again and again by some of the brightest minds and most sophisticated political sensibilities at work today. This volume is essential reading." -- Paul Spickard * author of Almost All Aliens *
"A very valuable resource for students and scholars of Asian American and ethnic studies. Highly recommended." * Choice *
"Pedagogically focused and structured,
Asian American Studies Now underscores the present-day relevance of the field, given the contemporary realities of neoliberal globalization and the post-9/11 security state.
Asian American Studies Now is a return to the field's community-driven roots."
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Table of ContentsIntroduction
Part I: Situating Asian America
- When and Where I Enter
- Neither Black nor White
- Detroit Blues
- A Dialogue on Racial Melancholia
- Home Is Where the Han Is
- Native Hawaiians: A Quest for Sovereignty
- Situating Asian Americans in the Political Discourse on Affirmative Action
- Racism
Part II: History and Memory
- The Chinese Are Coming. How Can We Stop Them?
- Public Health and the Mapping of Chinatown
- The Secret Munson Report
- Asian American Struggles for Civil, Political, Economic, and Social Rights
- Out of the Shadows
- The Cold War Origins of the Model Minority Myth
- Why China? Identifying Histories of Transnational Adoption
- The "Four Prisons" and the Movements of Liberation
Part III: Culture, Politics, and Society
- Youth Culture, Citizenship, and Globalization
- Asian Immigrant Women and Global Restructuring, 1970s-1990s
- Medical, Racist, and Colonial Constructions of Power in Anne Fadiman's The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
- Searching for Community
- How to Rehabilitate a Mulatto
- Occult Racism: The Masking of Race in the Hmong Hunter Incident, by A Dialogue between Anthropologist Louisa Schein and Filmmaker/Activist Va-Megn Thoj
- Collateral Damage
Part IV: Pedagogies and Possibilities
- Whither Asian American Studies?
- Freedom Schooling
- Asians on the Rim
- Crafting Solidarities
- Will Not Be Used
- The Struggle over Parcel C
- Race Matters in Civic Engagement Work
- Homes, Borders, and Possibilities
