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Model-minority imperialism / Victor Bascara.

Author/creator Bascara, Victor, 1970-
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoMinneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2006.
Descriptionxxxvi, 192 pages ; 23 cm
Supplemental Content Table of contents
Supplemental Content Publisher description
Subject(s)
Asian Americans--Race identity.
Asian Americans--Politics and government.
Asian Americans--Intellectual life.
Imperialism.
Postcolonialism.
Nationalism--United States.
United States--Territorial expansion.
United States--Intellectual life.
United States--Relations --Asia.
Asia--Relations --United States.
Contents Introduction : we are here because you were there -- Unburdening empire : the cultural politics of Asian American difference -- An ever-emergent empire : the discourse of American exceptionalism -- "The American earth was like a huge heart" : old dreams and the new imperialism -- Uplifting race, reconstructing empire -- "Everybody wants to be Farrah" : absurd histories and historical absurdities -- Epilogue : pay any price, bear any burden.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [141]-177) and index.
LCCN 2006016448
ISBN0816645116 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN0816645124 (pb : alk. paper)
ISBN9780816645114
ISBN9780816645121

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