Asian American Studies After Critical Mass

by Ono, Kent A.

• ISBN13: 9781405115964
• ISBN10: 1405115963
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-12-27
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Asian American Studies After Critical Massis a dynamic collection that showcases the most exciting scholarship in the field from a critical and cultural studies perspective. Comprised of ten original essays written by a group of scholars at the vanguard of the discipline, this collection takes on a range of topics and concerns, including Asian American film and popular culture; Asian Americans at the dawn of the twenty-first century; globalization and transnational citizenship; and queer Asian America. Addressing some of the most exciting issues and ideas in Asian American studies, this book strikes a bold new path for the field. This book can be used in conjunction with the Blackwell Companion to Asian American Studies.

Author Biography

Kent A. Ono is Professor of Asian American Studies and Communications, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where he is also Director of the Asian American Studies Program. He is co-author of Shifting Borders (with John Sloop, 2002) and co-editor of Enterprise Zones (1996).

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors	vii
Acknowledgments	x
Asian American Studies in Its Second Phase	1	(16)
Kent A. Ono
Part 1: Representations	17	(54)
1 What is the Political? American Culture and the Example of Viet Nam	19	(21)
Viet Thanh Nguyen
2 Ethnography, the Cinematic Apparatus, and Asian American Film Studies	40	(16)
Peter X Feng
3 Culinary Fictions: Immigrant Foodways and Race in Indian American Literature	56	(17)
Anita Mannur
Part 2: Identities	71	(50)
4 Foregrounding Native Nationalisms: A Critique of Antinationalist Sentiment in Asian American Studies	73	(25)
Candace Fujikane
5 A Gay World Make-Over? An Asian American Queer Critique	98	(13)
Martin F. Manalansan IV
6 Asian American Studies Through (Somewhat) Asian Eyes: Integrating "Mixed Race" into the Asian American Discourse	111	(12)
Cynthia L. Nakashima
Part 3: Disciplines and Methodologies	121	(74)
7 Asian American Studies and the "Pacific Question"	123	(21)
J. Kehaulani Kauanui
8 Planet Youth: Asian American Youth Cultures, Citizenship, and Globalization	144	(22)
Sunaina Marr Maira
9 The Problematics of History and Location of Filipino American Studies within Asian American Studies	166	(11)
Helen C. Toribio
10 Rethinking Asian American Agency: Understanding the Complexity of Race and Citizenship in America	177	(18)
Taro Iwata
Index	195