Asian American Studies Now: A Critical Reader

Published by Rutgers University Press 2010

Asian American Studies Now

A Critical Reader

Edited by: Jean Yu-Wen Shen Wu and Thomas Chen
With contributions by: Jean Wu , Robert G Lee , Gary Okhiro , Helen Zia , David Eng , Shinhee Han , Elaine Kim , Davianna McGregor , Michael Omi , Howard Winant , Ericka Lee , Nayan Shah , Michi Weglyn , Suecheng Chan , Ji-Yeon Yuh , Sara Dorow , Rhacel Parrenas , Monica Chiu , Martin Manalansan , Hiram Perez , Eric Tang , Arif Dirlik , Vijay Prashad , Andrew Leong , Yen Le Espiritu , Glenn Omatsu , Mari Matsuda , Dana Y Takagi , Sunaina Maira and Angelo N Ancheta

https://doi.org/10.36019/9780813549330

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About this book

Asian American Studies Now truly represents the enormous changes occurring in Asian American communities and the world, changes that require a reconsideration of how the interdisciplinary field of Asian American studies is defined and taught. This comprehensive anthology, arranged in four parts and featuring a stellar group of contributors, summarizes and defines the current shape of this rapidly changing field, addressing topics such as transnationalism, U.S. imperialism, multiracial identity, racism, immigration, citizenship, social justice, and pedagogy.

Jean Yu-wen Shen Wu and Thomas C. Chen have selected essays for the significance of their contribution to the field and their clarity, brevity, and accessibility to readers with little to no prior knowledge of Asian American studies. Featuring both reprints of seminal articles and groundbreaking texts, as well as bold new scholarship, Asian American Studies Now addresses the new circumstances, new communities, and new concerns that are reconstituting Asian America.

Author / Editor information

JEAN YU-WEN SHEN WU is a senior lecturer in the American studies program at Tufts University and the coeditor of Asian American Studies: A Reader (Rutgers University Press).

THOMAS C. CHEN is a doctoral candidate in the American civilization department at Brown University.

Reviews

"Pedagogically focused and structured, Asian American Studies Now underscores the present-day relevance of the field, given the contemporary realities of neoliberal globalization and the post-9/11 security state. Asian American Studies Now is a return to the field's community-driven roots."

— MELUS

"A very valuable resource for students and scholars of Asian American and ethnic studies. Highly recommended."

— Choice

"To read these essays is to be challenged again and again by some of the brightest minds and most sophisticated political sensibilities at work today. This volume is essential reading."

— Paul Spickard, author of Almost All Aliens

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
ONE: SITUATING ASIAN AMERICA
1. WHEN AND WHERE I ENTER Gary Y. Okihiro Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. NEITHER BLACK NOR WHITE Angelo N. Ancheta Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
3. DETROIT BLUES: “BECAUSE OF YOU MOTHERFUCKERS” Helen Zia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
4. A DIALOGUE ON RACIAL MELANCHOLIA David L. Eng and Shinhee Han Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
5. HOME IS WHERE THE HAN IS: A KOREAN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE ON THE LOS ANGELES UPHEAVALS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
6. RECOGNIZING NATIVE HAWAIIANS A QUEST FOR SOVEREIGNTY Davianna Pomaika’i McGregor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
7. SITUATING ASIAN AMERICANS IN THE POLITICAL DISCOURSE ON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION Michael Omi and Dana Takagi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
8. RACISM: FROM DOMINATION TO HEGEMONY Howard Winant Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	126
TWO: HISTORY AND MEMORY
9. THE CHINESE ARE COMING. HOW CAN WE STOP THEM? CHINESE EXCLUSION AND THE ORIGINS OF AMERICAN GATEKEEPING Erika Lee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
10. PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE MAPPING OF CHINA TOWN Nayan Shah Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	168
11. THE SECRET MUNSON REPORT Michi Nishiura Weglyn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
12. ASIAN AMERICAN STRUGGLES FOR CIVIL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL RIGHTS Sucheng Chan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
13. OUT OF THE SHADOWS: CAMPTOWN WOMEN, MILITARY BRIDES, AND KOREAN (AMERICAN) COMMUNITIES Ji-Yeon Yuh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
14. THE COLD WAR ORIGINS OF THE MODEL MINORITY MYTH Robert G. Lee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	256
15. WHY CHINA? IDENTIFYING HISTORIES OF TRANSNATIONAL ADOPTION Sara Dorow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	272
16. THE “FOUR PRISONS” AND THE MOVEMENTS OF LIBERATION: ASIAN AMERICAN ACTIVISM FROM THE 1960s TO THE 1990s Glenn Omatsu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	298
THREE: CULTURE, POLITICS, AND SOCIETY
17. YOUTH CULTURE, CITIZENSHIP, AND GLOBALIZATION: SOUTH ASIAN MUSLIM YOUTH IN THE UNITED STATES AFTER SEPTEMBER 11TH Sunaina Maira Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	333
18. ASIAN IMMIGRANT WOMEN AND GLOBAL RESTRUCTURING, 1970s–1990s Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	354
19. MEDICAL, RACIST, AND COLONIAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF POWER IN ANNE FADIMAN’S THE SPIRIT CATCHES YOU AND YOU FALL DOWN Monica Chiu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	370
20. SEARCHING FOR COMMUNITY: FILIPINO GAY MEN IN NEW YORK CITY Martin F. Manalansan I V Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	393
21. HOW TO REHABILITATE A MULATTO: THE ICONOGRAPHY OF TIGER WOODS Hiram Perez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	405
22. OCCULT RACISM: THE MASKING OF RACE IN THE HMONG HUNTER INCIDENT Louisa Schein and Va-Megn Thoj Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	423
23. COLLATERAL DAMAGE: SOUTH EAST ASIAN POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES Eric Tang Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	454
FOUR: PEDAGOGIES AND POSSIBILITIES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	475
24. WHITHER ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES? Sucheng Chan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	477
25. FREEDOM SCHOOLING: RECONCEPTUALIZING ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES FOR OUR COMMUNITIES Glenn Omatsu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	496
26. ASIANS ON THE RIM: TRANSNATIONAL CAPITAL AND LOCAL COMMUNITY IN THE MAKING OF CONTEMPORARY ASIAN AMERICA Arif Dirlik Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	515
27. CRAFTING SOLIDARITIES Vijay Prashad Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	540
28. WE WILL NOT BE USED: ARE ASIAN AMERICANS THE RACIAL BOURGEOISIE? Mari Matsuda Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	558
29. THE STRUGGLE OVER PARCEL C: HOW BOSTON’S CHINA TOWN WON A VICTORY IN THE FIGHT AGAINST INSTITUTIONAL EXPANSIONISM AND ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM Andrew Leong Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	565
30. RACE MATTERS IN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT WORK Jean Y. Wu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	581
31. HOMES, BORDERS, AND POSSIBILITIES Yen Le Espiritu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	603
Biographical Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	623
Copyrights and Permissions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	627
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	631