Writing the ghetto [[electronic resource] ] : class, authorship, and the Asian American ethnic enclave / / Yoonmee Chang

• Autore: Chang Yoonmee <1970->
• Pubblicazione: New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (252 p.)
• Disciplina: 810.9/895073
• Soggetto topico: American literature - Asian American authors - History and criticism; Asian Americans in literature; Asian Americans - Intellectual life; Poverty in literature; Ethnic groups in literature; Social classes in literature; Model minority stereotype
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: In 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Writing the ghetto
• ISBN: 1-283-36993-1; 9786613369932; 0-8135-4984-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789708403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II