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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chang, Yoonmee, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--Asian American authors--History and criticism.

American literature.

Asian Americans in literature.

Asian Americans--Intellectual life.

Asian Americans.

Poverty in literature.

Ethnic groups in literature.

Social classes in literature.

Model minority stereotype.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-36993-1

9786613369932

0-8135-4984-1

OCLC:

768082834