Racial melancholia, racial dissociation : on the social and psychic lives of Asian Americans / David L. Eng & Shinhee Han.

Author/creator Eng, David L., 1967- author.
Other author Han, Shinhee, 1963- author.
Format Book
PublicationDurham : Duke University Press, 2019.
Copyright Date©2018
Descriptionx, 221 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
Asian American youth.
Asian Americans--Race identity.
Model minority stereotype--United States.
Race--Psychological aspects.
Asian American gay people
Asian diaspora.
Asians--United States.

Contents Introduction: the history of the (racial) subject and the subject of (racial) history -- Racial melancholia : model minorities, depression, and suicide -- Desegregating love : transnational adoption, racial reparation, and racial transitional objects -- Racial dissociation : parachute children and psychic nowhere -- (Gay) panic attack : coming out in a colorblind age -- Epilogue.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Eng, David L., 1967- Racial melancholia, racial dissociation. Durham : Duke University Press, 2019 9781478002680
LCCN 2018020450
ISBN9781478001256 hardcover ; alkaline paper
ISBN1478001259 hardcover ; alkaline paper
ISBN9781478001607 paperback ; alkaline paper
ISBN1478001607 paperback ; alkaline paper
ISBNebook
ISBNebook

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Joyner General Stacks E184.A75 E54 2019 ✔ Available Place Hold