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Race and Resistance
Literature and Politics in Asian America
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Oxford University Press · Print & ebook · April 15, 2002
Reading lane: Asian American Literary Criticism
In Race and Resistance: Literature and Politics in Asian America, Viet Nguyen argues that Asian American intellectuals have idealized Asian America, ignoring its saturation with capitalist practices.
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- Viet Thanh Nguyen
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- Oxford University Press
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- April 15, 2002
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- Print & ebook
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- Asian American Literary Criticism · LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Culture, Race & Ethnicity
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- Asian American Literary Criticism
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In Race and Resistance: Literature and Politics in Asian America, Viet Nguyen argues that Asian American intellectuals have idealized Asian America, ignoring its saturation with capitalist practices. This idealization of Asian America means that Asian American intellectuals can neither grapple with their culture's ideological diversity nor recognize their own involvement with capitalist practices such as the selling of racial identity. Making his case through the example of...
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