Chains of Babylon : the rise of Asian America

Chains of Babylon : the rise of Asian America / Daryl J. Maeda.

In Chains of Babylon, Daryl J. Maeda presents a cultural history of Asian American activism in the late 1960s and early 1970s, showing how the movement created the category of "Asian American" to join Asians of many ethnicities in racial solidarity. Drawing on the Black Power and antiwar m...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maeda, Daryl J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2009.
Series:Critical American studies series.
Subjects:
Third World Liberation Front > History.
Third World Liberation Front
1900-1999
Asian Americans > Politics and government > 20th century.
Asian Americans > Social conditions > 20th century.
Asian Americans > Ethnic identity.
Political activists > United States > History > 20th century.
Social movements > United States > History > 20th century.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Protest movements > United States.
African Americans > Relations with Asian Americans.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Asian American Studies.
African Americans > Relations with Asian Americans
Asian Americans > Ethnic identity
Asian Americans > Politics and government
Asian Americans > Social conditions
Political activists
Protest movements
Race relations
Social conditions
Social movements
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
United States > Social conditions > 20th century.
United States
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Before Asian America
  • "Down with Hayakawa!" : assimilation vs. third world solidarity at San Francisco State College
  • Black Panthers, Red Guards, and Chinamen : constructing Asian American identity through performing blackness
  • "Are we not also Asians?" : building solidarity through opposition to the Viet Nam war
  • Performing radical culture : a grain of sand and the language of liberty
  • Conclusion : fighting for the heart of Asian America.

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