Description
Book SynopsisDrawing on archival material and contemporary analysis, this title provides an account of the prehistory of cultural studies in Britain. It offers a genealogy of the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies which has its roots in adult education as well as in the work of Raymond Williams, E P Thompson, and Richard Hoggart.
Trade ReviewThe five chapters of the book engage in a systematic analysis of key moments and texts that have shaped the field in its current form...represents a fine work of scholarship and a significant contribution ot the field of Asian American studies -- John Su * Journal of Asian Studies *
Chiang directly challenges many shibboleths of Asian American Studies. For just this reason, The Cultural Capital of Asian American Studies is certain to be a watershed work in the field of Asian American literary and cultural studies. -- James Kyung-Jin Lee,University of California, Santa Barbara
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Institutionalization and the Crisis of Representation 1 From Cultural Politics to Cultural Capital 2 Contradictions in the emergence of ethnic Studies 3 Disciplinarity and the Political Identity of Asian American Studies 4 The Political economy of Minority Literature 5 Asian American Cultural Capital and the Crisis of Legitimation Notes Bibliography Index About the Author
