Model-minority imperialism / Victor Bascara.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bascara, Victor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asian Americans--Social conditions.

Asian Americans.

Asian Americans and mass media.

Asian Americans in literature.

Imperialism in literature.

United States--Ethnic relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minn. ; London : University of Minnesota Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-177) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-9692-6

OCLC:

567965314