03610nam 2200733Ia 450 991078097420332120230207231115.00-8166-7065-X(CKB)2520000000008000(EBL)496587(OCoLC)593356093(SSID)ssj0000335650(PQKBManifestationID)11285715(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335650(PQKBWorkID)10277150(PQKB)10781976(MiAaPQ)EBC496587(MdBmJHUP)muse33060(Au-PeEL)EBL496587(CaPaEBR)ebr10372223(CaONFJC)MIL523037(EXLCZ)99252000000000800020090430d2009 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrChains of Babylon[electronic resource] the rise of Asian America /Daryl J. MaedaMinneapolis University of Minnesota Press20091 online resource (224 p.)Critical American studies seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8166-4891-3 0-8166-4890-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 in Maeda's in-depth work, the Asian American movement contended that people of all Asian ethnicities in the United States...Critical American studies series.Asian AmericansPolitics and government20th centuryAsian AmericansSocial conditions20th centuryAsian AmericansEthnic identityPolitical activistsUnited StatesHistory20th centurySocial movementsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryVietnam War, 1961-1975Protest movementsUnited StatesAfrican AmericansRelations with Asian AmericansUnited StatesRace relationsHistory20th centuryUnited StatesSocial conditions20th centuryAsian AmericansPolitics and governmentAsian AmericansSocial conditionsAsian AmericansEthnic identity.Political activistsHistorySocial movementsHistoryVietnam War, 1961-1975Protest movementsAfrican AmericansRelations with Asian Americans.305.895/073Maeda Daryl J984595MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780974203321Chains of Babylon3830914UNINA