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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789708403321

Autore

Chang Yoonmee <1970->

Titolo

Writing the ghetto [[electronic resource] ] : class, authorship, and the Asian American ethnic enclave / / Yoonmee Chang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2010

ISBN

1-283-36993-1

9786613369932

0-8135-4984-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Disciplina

810.9/895073

Soggetti

American literature - Asian American authors - History and criticism

Asian Americans in literature

Asian Americans - Intellectual life

Poverty in literature

Ethnic groups in literature

Social classes in literature

Model minority stereotype

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : Writing the ghetto -- "Like a slum": ghettos and ethnic enclaves, ghetto and genre -- The Japanese American internment : master narratives and class critique -- Chinese suicide: political desire and queer exogamy -- Ethnic entrepreneurs: Korean American spies, shopkeepers, and the 1992 Los Angeles riots -- Indian Edison: the ethnoburbian paradox and corrective ethnography -- Conclusion : A fork in the road: the post-racial aesthetic and class visibility.

Sommario/riassunto

In the United States, perhaps no minority group is considered as "model" or successful as the Asian American community, which is often described as residing in positive-sounding ""ethnic enclaves."" Yoonmee Chang's Writing the Ghetto helps clarify the hidden or unspoken class inequalities faced by Asian Americans, while insightfully analyzing the effect such notions have had on their literary voices.