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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451637203321

Autore

Bascara Victor

Titolo

Model-minority imperialism [[electronic resource] /] / Victor Bascara

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, Minn. ; ; London, : University of Minnesota Press, c2006

ISBN

0-8166-9692-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Disciplina

973.0495

Soggetti

Asian Americans - Social conditions

Asian Americans and mass media

Asian Americans in literature

Imperialism in literature

Electronic books.

United States Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-177) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 with domestic controversies of U.S. racial order by examining the cultural politics of Asian Americans in fiction, film, and theatrical productions.