Model-minority imperialism [[electronic resource] /] / Victor Bascara
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| Autore: |
Bascara Victor
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| Titolo: |
Model-minority imperialism [[electronic resource] /] / Victor Bascara
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| 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 |
| 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.: | 9910784108603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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