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Autore |
Chiang Mark |
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Titolo |
The Cultural Capital of Asian American Studies [[electronic resource] ] : Autonomy and Representation in the University / / Mark Chiang |
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New York ; ; London, [England] : , : New York University Press, , 2009 |
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©2009 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (260 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Minorities - Study and teaching (Higher) - United States |
Ethnology - Study and teaching (Higher) - United States |
Asian Americans - Politics and government |
Autonomy |
Ethnicity - Political aspects - United States |
Asian Americans - Ethnic identity |
Education, Higher - Political aspects - United States |
Asian Americans - Study and teaching (Higher) |
Electronic books. |
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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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Introduction: Institutionalization and the crisis of representation -- From cultural politics to cultural capital -- Contradictions in the emergence of ethnic studies -- Disciplinarity and the political identity of Asian American studies -- The political economy of minority literature -- Asian American cultural capital and the crisis of legitimation. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Originating in the 1968 student-led strike at San Francisco State University, Asian American Studies was founded as a result of student and community protests that sought to make education more accessible and relevant. While members of the Asian American communities initially served on the departmental advisory boards, planning and developing areas of the curriculum, university pressures eventually dictated their expulsion. At that moment in history, the |
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