05368nam 2200841Ia 450 991045008840332120211005082231.01-282-36731-597866104702350-19-802761-31-280-47023-297866123673111-60256-772-7(CKB)1000000000029087(StDuBDS)AH24085188(SSID)ssj0000311445(PQKBManifestationID)12071925(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000311445(PQKBWorkID)10328642(PQKB)10716347(SSID)ssj0000258692(PQKBManifestationID)11222457(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000258692(PQKBWorkID)10257175(PQKB)10947749(MiAaPQ)EBC279512(MiAaPQ)EBC5121587(Au-PeEL)EBL279512(CaPaEBR)ebr10085205(CaONFJC)MIL236731(OCoLC)560019243(MiAaPQ)EBC2012705(Au-PeEL)EBL2012705(OCoLC)958506988(Au-PeEL)EBL5121587(CaONFJC)MIL47023(OCoLC)1027167144(EXLCZ)99100000000002908720000214d2001 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrThinking Orientals[electronic resource] migration, contact, and exoticism in modern America /Henry YuNew York Oxford Universtiy Pressc20011 online resource (xiv, 262 p.)Formerly CIP.Uk0-19-511660-7 0-19-515127-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-256) and index.FIRST MOVEMENT--COMING TO THE WEST: CONSTRUCTING THE ORIENTAL PROBLEM; 1. Professions of Faith: Missionaries, Sociologists, and the Survey of Race Relations, 1924-1926; 2. Thinking about Orientals: Chicago Sociologists and the Oriental Problem; 3. Orientalism and the Mapping of Race; 4. The Survey's End; SECOND MOVEMENT--COMING TO CHICAGO: ASIAN AMERICANS AND THE ORIENTAL PROBLEM; 5. Wanted: Interpreters and Informants, Orientals Please Apply; 6. Language of Hope: The Oriental as Marginal Man; 7. Language of Discontent: Using the Stranger's Perspective; RETRACINGS--COMING TO AMERICA: THE ORIENTAL AS AN INTELLECTUAL/OBJECT; 8. Performers on Stage; 9. American Orientalism as a Theory of Race, Space, and Identity; 10. Epilogue: Legacies and Descendants; An EpitaphThis volume explains how Chinese Americans and Japanese Americans came to be lumped together as orientals and how this eventually led to their understanding of themselves as Asian Americans.What is the difference between an "Oriental" and an "Asian American"? In this fascinating study, Henry Yu explains how Chinese Americans and Japanese Americans came to be lumped together as "Orientals" in the United States, and how this eventually led to their understanding of themselves as Asian Americans. Yu tells the story of how white American intellectuals from the University of Chicago sought out Americans of Chinese and Japanese ancestry. Detailing how they together constructed theories about an exotic Orient completely opposite from American culture, Yu describes the history of American Orientalism and shows how it helped to produce modern notions of race and culture. The ideas that arose from studying Orientals, connected by social scientists with theories about African Americans and white European immigrants, inform the way we understand the race in America today. Yu uses poignant vignettes to illustrate the difficult and often ironic positions of intellectuals of colour, providing a glimpse into what W.E.B. Dubois called the "double consciousness" of racial minorities in the United States. He goes on to discuss how cultural theory has become confused with anti-racism, and how a colourblind denial of race has failed to free us from racism. His book is one of the first to describe how crucial Asian Americans have been in the shaping of theories of race and culture, helping to move us away from the black/white paradigm of race relations. Yu explains why an Asian American can be a fourth-generation citizen of the United States and yet still be considered a foreigner. He also details how theories about Asians as a "model minority" were created in the aftermath of Japanese American internment, and how Asian Americans have been pitted politically against African Americans and Hispanic Americans.Asian AmericansSocial conditions20th centuryAsian AmericansEthnic identityPhilosophyChicago school of sociologySociologyUnited StatesHistory20th centuryUnited StatesRace relationsPhilosophyElectronic books.Asian AmericansSocial conditionsAsian AmericansEthnic identityPhilosophy.Chicago school of sociology.SociologyHistory305.895073Yu Henry1967-1039947MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450088403321Thinking Orientals2462430UNINA