The Cultural Capital of Asian American Studies : Autonomy and Representation in the University.

The Cultural Capital of Asian American Studies : Autonomy and Representation in the University.

Originating in the 1968 student-led strike at San Francisco State University, Asian American Studies was founded as a result of student and community protests that sought to make education more accessible and relevant. While members of the Asian American communities initially served on the departmen...

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Main Author: Chiang, Mark
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Minorities > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States > Case studies.
Ethnology > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States > Case studies.
Asian Americans > Politics and government.
Autonomy.
Ethnicity > Political aspects > United States.
Asian Americans > Ethnic identity.
Education, Higher > Political aspects > United States.
Asian Americans > Study and teaching (Higher)
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions.
Asian Americans > Ethnic identity
Asian Americans > Politics and government
Autonomy
Education, Higher > Political aspects
Ethnicity > Political aspects
Ethnology > Study and teaching (Higher)
Minorities > Study and teaching (Higher)
United States
Case studies
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Table of 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.

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