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Author:
Chiang, Mark.
Title:
The cultural capital of Asian American studies : autonomy and representation in the university / Mark Chiang.
Publisher:
New York University Press,
Copyright Date:
c2009
Description:
viii, 251 p. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Asian Americans--Study and teaching (Higher)
Education, Higher--Political aspects--United States.
Asian Americans--Ethnic identity.
Ethnicity--Political aspects--United States.
Autonomy
Asian Americans--Politics and government.
Ethnology--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States--Case studies.
Minorities--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States--Case studies.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Institutionalization and the crisis of representation -- From cultural politics to cultural capital -- Contradictions in the emergence of ethnic studies -- Disciplinarity and the political identity of Asian American studies -- The political economy of minority literature -- Asian American cultural capital and the crisis of legitimation.
ISBN:
0814717012 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780814717011 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0814717004 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780814717004 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)326418539
LCCN:
2009019753
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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