02808nam 2200637Ia 450 991081993400332120200520144314.00-8166-9692-6(CKB)1000000000346703(EBL)310756(OCoLC)567965314(SSID)ssj0000282018(PQKBManifestationID)11213658(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000282018(PQKBWorkID)10316633(PQKB)10971334(MiAaPQ)EBC310756(MdBmJHUP)muse39445(Au-PeEL)EBL310756(CaPaEBR)ebr10151331(CaONFJC)MIL523084(EXLCZ)99100000000034670320060123d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrModel-minority imperialism /Victor Bascara1st ed.Minneapolis, Minn. ;London University of Minnesota Pressc20061 online resource (230 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-4512-4 0-8166-4511-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-177) and index.Introduction : we are here because you were there -- Unburdening empire : the cultural politics of Asian American difference -- An ever-emergent empire : the discourse of American exceptionalism -- "The American earth was like a huge heart" : old dreams and the new imperialism -- Uplifting race, reconstructing empire -- "Everybody wants to be Farrah" : absurd histories and historical absurdities -- Epilogue : pay any price, bear any burden.Focusing on the terms of Asian American assimilation and the rise of the model-minority myth, Victor Bascara examines the resurgence of empire as a tool for understanding the legacy of American imperialism. Model-Minority Imperialism links geopolitical dramas of twentieth-century empire building with domestic controversies of U.S. racial order by examining the cultural politics of Asian Americans in fiction, film, and theatrical productions.Asian AmericansSocial conditionsAsian Americans and mass mediaAsian Americans in literatureImperialism in literatureUnited StatesEthnic relationsAsian AmericansSocial conditions.Asian Americans and mass media.Asian Americans in literature.Imperialism in literature.973.0495Bascara Victor1658218MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819934003321Model-minority imperialism4012086UNINA