Writing the ghetto : class, authorship, and the Asian American ethnic enclave /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Chang, Yoonmee, 1970-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2010]
Subjects:	Model minority stereotype. Social classes in literature. Ethnic groups in literature. Poverty in literature. Asian Americans > Intellectual life. Asian Americans in literature. American literature > Asian American authors > History and criticism. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction : Writing the ghetto
"Like a slum": ghettos and ethnic enclaves, ghetto and genre
The Japanese American internment : master narratives and class critique
Chinese suicide: political desire and queer exogamy
Ethnic entrepreneurs: Korean American spies, shopkeepers, and the 1992 Los Angeles riots
Indian Edison: the ethnoburbian paradox and corrective ethnography
Conclusion : A fork in the road: the post-racial aesthetic and class visibility.