LEADER 03130nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910789708403321 005 20230207214250.0 010 $a1-283-36993-1 010 $a9786613369932 010 $a0-8135-4984-1 035 $a(CKB)2670000000131366 035 $a(EBL)819617 035 $a(OCoLC)768082834 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000576239 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11349266 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000576239 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10553460 035 $a(PQKB)11087801 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC819617 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8239 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL819617 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10520543 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL336993 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000131366 100 $a20100216d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWriting the ghetto$b[electronic resource] $eclass, authorship, and the Asian American ethnic enclave /$fYoonmee Chang 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (252 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8135-4801-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : 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. 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aAmerican literature$xAsian American authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAsian Americans in literature 606 $aAsian Americans$xIntellectual life 606 $aPoverty in literature 606 $aEthnic groups in literature 606 $aSocial classes in literature 606 $aModel minority stereotype 615 0$aAmerican literature$xAsian American authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAsian Americans in literature. 615 0$aAsian Americans$xIntellectual life. 615 0$aPoverty in literature. 615 0$aEthnic groups in literature. 615 0$aSocial classes in literature. 615 0$aModel minority stereotype. 676 $a810.9/895073 700 $aChang$b Yoonmee$f1970-$01470878 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789708403321 996 $aWriting the ghetto$93682959 997 $aUNINA