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Book SynopsisEach chapter in this text explores the ways in which we construct ""authenticity"" in order to replace seemingly vacated identities, including: the place of minorities in academia; mixed-race dynamics; the popularity of Irish culture in America; the Good Friday agreement in Northern Ireland; and the Jewish American identity.
Trade ReviewCheng effectively combines the scholarly and the personal, adding critical insight and human interest to a topic that will surely attract the attention of both scholars and laymen. - King-Kok Cheung, author of Articulate Silences
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
1.
Introduction: The Anxiety of Identity 2.
Who Can Speak as Other? Authenticity, Postcoloniality, and the Academy 3.
Inventing Irishness: Authenticity and Identity 4.
International Adoption and Identity: The Anxiety over Authentic Cultural Heritage 5.
The Inauthentic Jew: Jewishness and Its Discontents 6.
Asian American Identity: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly—and the Future 7.
Coda: Living Cultures Notes
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Index
