Citizens of Asian America
Democracy and Race during the Cold War
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Discrimination & Race Relations, History, Americas, United States
| Author: | Cindy I-Fen Cheng | ISBN: | 9780814770085 |
| Publisher: | NYU Press | Publication: | May 31, 2013 |
| Imprint: | NYU Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Cindy I-Fen Cheng |
| ISBN: | 9780814770085 |
| Publisher: | NYU Press |
| Publication: | May 31, 2013 |
| Imprint: | NYU Press |
| Language: | English |
During the Cold War, Soviet propaganda highlighted U.S. racism in order to undermine the credibility of U.S. democracy. In response, incorporating racial and ethnic minorities in order to affirm that America worked to ensure the rights of all and was superior to communist countries became a national imperative. In Citizens of Asian America, Cindy I-Fen Cheng explores how Asian Americans figured in this effort to shape the credibility of American democracy, even while the perceived “foreignness” of Asian Americans cast them as likely alien subversives whose activities needed monitoring following the communist revolution in China and the outbreak of the Korean War.
During the Cold War, Soviet propaganda highlighted U.S. racism in order to undermine the credibility of U.S. democracy. In response, incorporating racial and ethnic minorities in order to affirm that America worked to ensure the rights of all and was superior to communist countries became a national imperative. In Citizens of Asian America, Cindy I-Fen Cheng explores how Asian Americans figured in this effort to shape the credibility of American democracy, even while the perceived “foreignness” of Asian Americans cast them as likely alien subversives whose activities needed monitoring following the communist revolution in China and the outbreak of the Korean War.
