Model-minority imperialism [[electronic resource] /] / Victor Bascara

• Autore: Bascara Victor
• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, Minn. ; ; London, : University of Minnesota Press, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (230 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.0495
• Soggetto topico: Asian Americans - Social conditions; Asian Americans and mass media; Asian Americans in literature; Imperialism in literature
• Soggetto geografico: United States Ethnic relations
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-177) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Model-minority imperialism
• ISBN: 0-8166-9692-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451637203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II