Contemporary Chinese America


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Contemporary Chinese America


Contemporary Chinese America
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Author : Min Zhou
language : en
Publisher: Temple University Press
Release Date : 2009-04-07

Contemporary Chinese America written by Min Zhou and has been published by Temple University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-07 with Psychology categories.


A sociologist of international migration examines the Chinese American experience.



The New Chinese America


The New Chinese America
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Author : Xiaojian Zhao
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2010-01-19

The New Chinese America written by Xiaojian Zhao and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-19 with Social Science categories.


The 1965 Immigration Act altered the lives and outlook of Chinese Americans in fundamental ways. The New Chinese America explores the historical, economic, and social foundations of the Chinese American community, in order to reveal the emergence of a new social hierarchy after 1965. In this detailed and comprehensive study of contemporary Chinese America, Xiaojian Zhao uses class analysis to illuminate the difficulties of everyday survival for poor and undocumented immigrants and analyzes the process through which social mobility occurs. Through ethnic ties, Chinese Americans have built an economy of their own in which entrepreneurs can maintain a competitive edge given their access to low-cost labor; workers who are shut out of the mainstream job market can find work and make a living; and consumers can enjoy high quality services at a great bargain. While the growth of the ethnic economy enhances ethnic bonds by increasing mutual dependencies among different groups of Chinese Americans, it also determines the limits of possibility for various individuals depending on their socioeconomic and immigration status.



American Studies Of Contemporary China


American Studies Of Contemporary China
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Author : David L. Shambaugh
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-09-16

American Studies Of Contemporary China written by David L. Shambaugh and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-16 with Social Science categories.


Examines the historical evolution of contemporary China studies in the United States, reflecting the growth and maturation of the field since the Communist Party seized power in 1949.



Learning To Be Chinese American


Learning To Be Chinese American
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Author : Liang Du
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2010-09-23

Learning To Be Chinese American written by Liang Du and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-23 with Social Science categories.


Learning to Be Chinese American aims at exploring the complicated identity production process among Chinese immigrants in the United States in relation to the rapidly changing global and local contexts. Based on original ethnographic material collected in an upper-middle class Chinese American community, the author argues for the need to move beyond the framework of traditional nation-state boundaries in order to examine the identity production process of contemporary Chinese Americans. In doing so, we can better understand how this particular group, in response to changing economic and social conditions, actively takes part in the production of their unique ethnic identities through local institutions such as community-based organizations and ethnic education. This book expands the scope of existing literature on identity production among immigrants of color in both empirical and methodological terms.



Contemporary Asian American Communities


Contemporary Asian American Communities
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Author : Linda Trinh Vo
language : en
Publisher: Temple University Press
Release Date : 2002-04-10

Contemporary Asian American Communities written by Linda Trinh Vo and has been published by Temple University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-04-10 with Social Science categories.


Once thought of in terms of geographically bounded spaces, Asian America has undergone profound changes as a result of post-1965 immigration as well as the growth and reshaping of established communities. This collection of original essays demonstrates that conventional notions of community, of ethnic enclaves determined by exclusion and ghettoization, now have limited use in explaining the dynamic processes of contemporary community formation.Writing from a variety of perspectives, these contributors expand the concept of community to include sites not necessarily bounded by space; formations around gender, class, sexuality, and generation reveal new processes as well as the demographic diversity of today's Asian American population. The case studies gathered here speak to the fluidity of these communities and to the need for new analytic approaches to account for the similarities and differences between them. Taken together, these essays forcefully argue that it is time to replace the outworn concept of a monolithic Asian America.



Foreign Accents


Foreign Accents
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Author : Steven G. Yao
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2010-10-27

Foreign Accents written by Steven G. Yao and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-27 with Literary Criticism categories.


Foreign Accents examines the various transpacific signifying strategies by which poets of Chinese descent in the U.S. have sought to represent cultural tradition in their articulations of an ethnic subjectivity, in Chinese as well as in English. In assessing both the dynamics and the politics of poetic expression by writers engaging with a specific cultural heritage, the study develops a general theory of ethnic literary production that clarifies the significance of "Asian American" literature in relation to both other forms of U.S. "minority discourse," as well as canonical "American" literature more generally. At the same time, it maps an expanded textual arena and a new methodology for Asian American literary studies that can be further explored by scholars of other traditions. Yao discusses a range of works, including Ezra Pound's Cathay and the Angel Island poems. He examines the careers of four contemporary Chinese/American poets: Ha Jin, Li-young Lee, Marilyn Chin, and John Yau, each of whom bears a distinctive relationship to the linguistic and cultural tradition he or she seeks to represent. Specifically, Yao investigates the range of rhetorical and formal strategies by which these writers have sought to incorporate Chinese culture and, especially, language in their works. Combining such analysis with extensive social contextualization, Foreign Accents delineates an historical poetics of Chinese American verse from the early twentieth century to the present.



Contemporary Asian America Second Edition


Contemporary Asian America Second Edition
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Author : Min Zhou
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2007-10

Contemporary Asian America Second Edition written by Min Zhou and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10 with Social Science categories.


When Contemporary Asian America was first published, it exposed its readers to developments within the discipline, from its inception as part of the ethnic consciousness movement of the 1960s to the more contemporary theoretical and practical issues facing Asian America at the century’s end. This new edition features a number of fresh entries and updated material. It covers such topics as Asian American activism, immigration, community formation, family relations, gender roles, sexuality, identity, struggle for social justice, interethnic conflict/coalition, and political participation. As in the first edition, Contemporary Asian America provides an expansive introduction to the central readings in Asian American Studies, presenting a grounded theoretical orientation to the discipline and framing key historical, cultural, economic, and social themes with a social science focus. This critical text offers a broad overview of Asian American studies and the current state of Asian America.



The Tao Of S


The Tao Of S
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Author : Sheng-mei Ma
language : en
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
Release Date : 2022-06-07

The Tao Of S written by Sheng-mei Ma and has been published by Univ of South Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-07 with Literary Criticism categories.


A study of recent shifts in the depictions of Asian cultural stereotypes The Tao of S is an engaging study of American racialization of Chinese and Asians, Asian American writing, and contemporary Chinese cultural production, stretching from the nineteenth century to the present. Sheng-mei Ma examines the work of nineteenth-century "Sinophobic" American writers, such as Bret Harte, Jack London, and Frank Norris, and twentieth-century "Sinophiliac" authors, such as John Steinbeck and Philip K. Dick, as well as the movies Crazy Rich Asians and Disney's Mulan and a host of contemporary Chinese authors, to illuminate how cultural stereotypes have swung from fearmongering to an overcompensating exultation of everything Asian. Within this framework Ma employs the Taoist principle of yin and yang to illuminate how roles of the once-dominant American hegemony—the yang—and the once-declining Asian civilization—the yin—are now, in the twenty-first century, turned upside down as China rises to write its side of the story, particularly through the soft power of television and media streamed worldwide. A joint publication from the University of South Carolina Press and the National Taiwan University Press.



Contemporary Chinese Diasporas


Contemporary Chinese Diasporas
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Author : Min Zhou
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-09-15

Contemporary Chinese Diasporas written by Min Zhou and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-15 with Political Science categories.


This book focuses on International migration among the Chinese long before European colonists set foot on the Asian continent. Long before European colonists set foot on the Asian continent, the Chinese moved across sea and land, seasonally or permanently, to other parts of Asia and the rest of the world to pursue economic opportunities and alternative means of livelihood. This volume addresses the new Chinese diasporas around the world, offering a snapshot of the cosmopolitan and shifting nature of Chinese population dynamics from the perspectives of anthropologists, sociologists, and scholars of international studies.



Significant Other


Significant Other
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Author : Claire Conceison
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2004-08-31

Significant Other written by Claire Conceison and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-08-31 with Social Science categories.


Chinese views of the United States have shifted dramatically since the 1980s, with changes in foreign relations, increased travel of Chinese citizens to the U.S., and wide circulation of American popular culture in China. Significant Other explores representations of Americans that emerged onstage in China between 1987 and 2002 and considers how they function as racial and cultural stereotypes, political strategy, and artistic innovation. Based on fieldwork in Beijing and Shanghai, it offers a unique view of contemporary Mainland Chinese spoken drama from the perspective of a Western academic who is both a Chinese studies scholar and a theatre practitioner. Claire Conceison’s close readings of recent plays take into account not only the texts of the plays themselves and other primary sources, but also production contexts, creative origins, artistic collaboration, and audience reception. Identifying the American as China’s "significant Other," Conceison introduces the complex cultural relationship between China and the United States, situating it in both the long history of Sino-Western relations and the present dynamics of post-colonialism. She then examines the emergent discourse of Occidentalism, tracing its origins and recent circulation and repositioning it as a discursive strategy to analyze appearances of Americans on the Chinese stage. Conceison maintains that Chinese staging of American characters—often played by local actors made up and costumed as Americans, and more recently played by foreigners themselves—reveals cultural norms and attitudes regarding the United States, reflects Sino-American political relations, articulates Chinese national and cultural identity, and signifies innovation in spoken drama as an art form.