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UNINA9910780974203321 |
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Autore |
Maeda Daryl J |
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Titolo |
Chains of Babylon [[electronic resource] ] : the rise of Asian America / / Daryl J. Maeda |
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Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2009 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Collana |
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Critical American studies series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Asian Americans - Politics and government - 20th century |
Asian Americans - Social conditions - 20th century |
Asian Americans - Ethnic identity |
Political activists - United States - History - 20th century |
Social movements - United States - History - 20th century |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Protest movements - United States |
African Americans - Relations with Asian Americans |
United States Race relations History 20th century |
United States Social conditions 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Before Asian America -- "Down with Hayakawa!" : assimilation vs. third world solidarity at San Francisco State College -- Black Panthers, Red Guards, and Chinamen : constructing Asian American identity through performing blackness -- "Are we not also Asians?" : building solidarity through opposition to the Viet Nam war -- Performing radical culture : a grain of sand and the language of liberty -- Conclusion : fighting for the heart of Asian America. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In Chains of Babylon, Daryl J. Maeda presents a cultural history of Asian American activism in the late 1960's and early 1970's, showing how the movement created the category of "Asian American" to join Asians of many ethnicities in racial solidarity. Drawing on the Black Power and antiwar movements, Asian American radicals argued that all Asians in the United States should resist assimilation and band together to oppose racism within the country and imperialism abroad. As revealed |
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