Race and Resistance: Literature and Politics in Asian America
Viet Thanh Nguyen
(Author)
Description
In Race and Resistance: Literature and Politics in Asian America, Viet Nguyen argues that Asian American intellectuals have idealized Asian America, ignoring its saturation with capitalist practices. This idealization of Asian America means that Asian American intellectuals can neither grapple with their culture's ideological diversity nor recognize their own involvement with capitalist practices such as the selling of racial identity. Making his case through the example of literature, which remains a critical arena of cultural production for Asian Americans, Nguyen demonstrates that literature embodies the complexities, conflicts, and potential future options of Asian American culture.Product Details
Price
$34.74
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Publish Date
March 28, 2002
Pages
240
Dimensions
6.26 X 0.72 X 9.22 inches | 0.83 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780195147001
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About the Author
Viet Thanh Nguyen is Aerol Arnold Chair of English and Professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. His novel The Sympathizer won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Reviews
" Race and Resistance raises questions about the current project of Asian American Studies that are essential considerations for the future development of the field."-- American Literature
"An excellent seminar resource for upper-division undergraduates and above."--Choice