LEADER 03644nam 2200745Ia 450 001 9910456856803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8166-7065-X 035 $a(CKB)2520000000008000 035 $a(EBL)496587 035 $a(OCoLC)593356093 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000335650 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11285715 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335650 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10277150 035 $a(PQKB)10781976 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC496587 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse33060 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL496587 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10372223 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL523037 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000008000 100 $a20090430d2009 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChains of Babylon$b[electronic resource] $ethe rise of Asian America /$fDaryl J. Maeda 210 $aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (224 p.) 225 1 $aCritical American studies series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-4891-3 311 $a0-8166-4890-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBefore 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. 330 $aIn Chains of Babylon, Daryl J. Maeda presents a cultural history of Asian American activism in the late 1960's and early 1970's, showing how the movement created the category of "Asian American" to join Asians of many ethnicities in racial solidarity. Drawing on the Black Power and antiwar movements, Asian American radicals argued that all Asians in the United States should resist assimilation and band together to oppose racism within the country and imperialism abroad. As revealed in Maeda's in-depth work, the Asian American movement contended that people of all Asian ethnicities in the United States... 410 0$aCritical American studies series. 606 $aAsian Americans$xPolitics and government$y20th century 606 $aAsian Americans$xSocial conditions$y20th century 606 $aAsian Americans$xEthnic identity 606 $aPolitical activists$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aSocial movements$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xProtest movements$zUnited States 606 $aAfrican Americans$xRelations with Asian Americans 607 $aUnited States$xRace relations$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAsian Americans$xPolitics and government 615 0$aAsian Americans$xSocial conditions 615 0$aAsian Americans$xEthnic identity. 615 0$aPolitical activists$xHistory 615 0$aSocial movements$xHistory 615 0$aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xProtest movements 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xRelations with Asian Americans. 676 $a305.895/073 700 $aMaeda$b Daryl J$0984595 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456856803321 996 $aChains of Babylon$92454691 997 $aUNINA