03944oam 22009374a 450 991079001130332120170810200453.00-8147-9001-110.18574/nyu/9780814790014(CKB)2670000000155540(EBL)866142(OCoLC)779828441(SSID)ssj0000607025(PQKBManifestationID)11354023(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000607025(PQKBWorkID)10584425(PQKB)10994975(StDuBDS)EDZ0001326148(MiAaPQ)EBC866142(OCoLC)794701153(MdBmJHUP)muse10175(DE-B1597)547359(DE-B1597)9780814790014(EXLCZ)99267000000015554020090512d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Cultural Capital of Asian American Studies[electronic resource] Autonomy and Representation in the University /Mark ChiangNew York ;London, [England] :New York University Press,2009.©20091 online resource (260 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-1701-2 0-8147-1700-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 intellectual work of the field was split off from its relation to the community at large, giving rise to the entire problematic of representaMinoritiesStudy and teaching (Higher)United StatesCase studiesEthnologyStudy and teaching (Higher)United StatesCase studiesAsian AmericansPolitics and governmentAutonomyEthnicityPolitical aspectsUnited StatesAsian AmericansEthnic identityEducation, HigherPolitical aspectsUnited StatesAsian AmericansStudy and teaching (Higher)Electronic books. American.Asian.Capital.The.academic.articulates.cultural.ethnic.illuminating.innovative.model.politics.position.studies.university.within.MinoritiesStudy and teaching (Higher)EthnologyStudy and teaching (Higher)Asian AmericansPolitics and government.Autonomy.EthnicityPolitical aspectsAsian AmericansEthnic identity.Education, HigherPolitical aspectsAsian AmericansStudy and teaching (Higher)371.829/95073Chiang Mark1567634MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910790011303321The Cultural Capital of Asian American Studies3839151UNINA