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Chains of Babylon : the rise of Asian America / Daryl J. Maeda.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maeda, Daryl J.
- Series:
- Critical American studies series.
- Critical American studies series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Asian Americans--Politics and government--20th century.
- Asian Americans.
- Asian Americans--Social conditions--20th century.
- Asian Americans--Ethnic identity.
- Political activists--United States--History--20th century.
- Political activists.
- Social movements--United States--History--20th century.
- Social movements.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- African Americans--Relations with Asian Americans.
- African Americans.
- United States--Race relations--History--20th century.
- United States.
- United States--Social conditions--20th century.
- Third World Liberation Front--History.
- Third World Liberation Front.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (224 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In Chains of Babylon, Daryl J. Maeda presents a cultural history of Asian American activism in the late 1960's and early 1970's, showing how the movement created the category of "Asian American" to join Asians of many ethnicities in racial solidarity. Drawing on the Black Power and antiwar movements, Asian American radicals argued that all Asians in the United States should resist assimilation and band together to oppose racism within the country and imperialism abroad. As revealed in Maeda's in-depth work, the Asian American movement contended that people of all Asian ethnicities in the United States...
- Contents:
- Before Asian America
- "Down with Hayakawa!" : assimilation vs. third world solidarity at San Francisco State College
- Black Panthers, Red Guards, and Chinamen : constructing Asian American identity through performing blackness
- "Are we not also Asians?" : building solidarity through opposition to the Viet Nam war
- Performing radical culture : a grain of sand and the language of liberty
- Conclusion : fighting for the heart of Asian America.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-7065-X
- OCLC:
- 593356093
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