The cultural capital of Asian American studies [electronic resource] : autonomy and representation in the university / Mark Chiang.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chiang, Mark
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, c2009.
Subjects:
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.
Genre:
Case studies.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2009 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
EBSCO eBooks: 2009 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2009 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
The Cultural Capital of Asian American Studies: Autonomy and Representation in the University
Format: Electronic eBook
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.