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The cultural capital of Asian American studies : autonomy and representation in the university /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chiang, Mark
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2009]
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.
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.