Orientations

Mapping Studies in the Asian Diaspora

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Minority Studies, History, Asian, Asia, Americas, United States
Cover of the book Orientations by Dorinne Kondo, Duke University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Dorinne Kondo ISBN: 9780822381259
Publisher: Duke University Press Publication: September 3, 2001
Imprint: Duke University Press Books Language: English
Author: Dorinne Kondo
ISBN: 9780822381259
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication: September 3, 2001
Imprint: Duke University Press Books
Language: English

Asian and Asian American studies emerged, respectively, from Cold War and social protest ideologies. Yet, in the context of contemporary globalization, can these ideological distinctions remain in place? Suggesting new directions for studies of the Asian diaspora, the prominent scholars who contribute to this volume raise important questions about the genealogies of these fields, their mutual imbrication, and their relationship to other disciplinary formations, including American and ethnic studies.
With its recurrent themes of transnationalism, globalization, and postcoloniality, Orientations considers various embodiments of the Asian diaspora, including a rumination on minority discourses and performance studies, and a historical look at the journal Amerasia. Exploring the translation of knowledge from one community to another, other contributions consider such issues as Filipino immigrants’ strategies for enacting Asian American subjectivity and the link between area studies and the journal Subaltern Studies. In a section that focuses on how disciplines—or borders—form, one essay discusses “orientalist melancholy,” while another focuses on the construction of the Asian American persona during the Cold War. Other topics in the volume include the role Asian immigrants play in U.S. racial politics, Japanese American identity in postwar Japan, Asian American theater, and the effects of Asian and Asian American studies on constructions of American identity.

Contributors. Dipesh Chakrabarty, Kuan-Hsing Chen, Rey Chow, Kandice Chuh, Sharon Hom, Yoshikuni Igarashi, Dorinne Kondo, Russell Leong, George Lipsitz, Lisa Lowe, Martin F. Manalansan IV, David Palumbo-Liu, R. Radhakrishnan, Karen Shimakawa, Sau-ling C. Wong

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Asian and Asian American studies emerged, respectively, from Cold War and social protest ideologies. Yet, in the context of contemporary globalization, can these ideological distinctions remain in place? Suggesting new directions for studies of the Asian diaspora, the prominent scholars who contribute to this volume raise important questions about the genealogies of these fields, their mutual imbrication, and their relationship to other disciplinary formations, including American and ethnic studies.
With its recurrent themes of transnationalism, globalization, and postcoloniality, Orientations considers various embodiments of the Asian diaspora, including a rumination on minority discourses and performance studies, and a historical look at the journal Amerasia. Exploring the translation of knowledge from one community to another, other contributions consider such issues as Filipino immigrants’ strategies for enacting Asian American subjectivity and the link between area studies and the journal Subaltern Studies. In a section that focuses on how disciplines—or borders—form, one essay discusses “orientalist melancholy,” while another focuses on the construction of the Asian American persona during the Cold War. Other topics in the volume include the role Asian immigrants play in U.S. racial politics, Japanese American identity in postwar Japan, Asian American theater, and the effects of Asian and Asian American studies on constructions of American identity.

Contributors. Dipesh Chakrabarty, Kuan-Hsing Chen, Rey Chow, Kandice Chuh, Sharon Hom, Yoshikuni Igarashi, Dorinne Kondo, Russell Leong, George Lipsitz, Lisa Lowe, Martin F. Manalansan IV, David Palumbo-Liu, R. Radhakrishnan, Karen Shimakawa, Sau-ling C. Wong

More books from Duke University Press

Cover of the book Sustaining Activism by Dorinne Kondo
Cover of the book Desiring China by Dorinne Kondo
Cover of the book Feminism without Borders by Dorinne Kondo
Cover of the book Radical Representations by Dorinne Kondo
Cover of the book The Bakers of Paris and the Bread Question, 1700-1775 by Dorinne Kondo
Cover of the book Advertising Diversity by Dorinne Kondo
Cover of the book Securing the City by Dorinne Kondo
Cover of the book Citizenship from Below by Dorinne Kondo
Cover of the book Tell Me Why My Children Died by Dorinne Kondo
Cover of the book Jacques Rancière by Dorinne Kondo
Cover of the book Unsettled Subjects by Dorinne Kondo
Cover of the book The Promise of the Foreign by Dorinne Kondo
Cover of the book Beyond Lines of Control by Dorinne Kondo
Cover of the book Sex in Revolution by Dorinne Kondo
Cover of the book On Frost by Dorinne Kondo
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy