03130nam 2200697 a 450 991078970840332120230207214250.01-283-36993-197866133699320-8135-4984-1(CKB)2670000000131366(EBL)819617(OCoLC)768082834(SSID)ssj0000576239(PQKBManifestationID)11349266(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000576239(PQKBWorkID)10553460(PQKB)11087801(MiAaPQ)EBC819617(MdBmJHUP)muse8239(Au-PeEL)EBL819617(CaPaEBR)ebr10520543(CaONFJC)MIL336993(EXLCZ)99267000000013136620100216d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWriting the ghetto[electronic resource] class, authorship, and the Asian American ethnic enclave /Yoonmee ChangNew Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Pressc20101 online resource (252 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8135-4801-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.American literatureAsian American authorsHistory and criticismAsian Americans in literatureAsian AmericansIntellectual lifePoverty in literatureEthnic groups in literatureSocial classes in literatureModel minority stereotypeAmerican literatureAsian American authorsHistory and criticism.Asian Americans in literature.Asian AmericansIntellectual life.Poverty in literature.Ethnic groups in literature.Social classes in literature.Model minority stereotype.810.9/895073Chang Yoonmee1970-1470878MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789708403321Writing the ghetto3682959UNINA