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Asian American Studies After Critical Mass

ISBN: 978-1-405-14680-7

April 2008

Wiley-Blackwell

224 pages

Description
Asian American Studies After Critical Massis a dynamic collection that showcases the most exciting scholarship in the field from a critical and cultural studies perspective. Comprised of ten original essays written by a group of scholars at the vanguard of the discipline, this collection takes on a range of topics and concerns, including Asian American film and popular culture; Asian Americans at the dawn of the twenty-first century; globalization and transnational citizenship; and queer Asian America. Addressing some of the most exciting issues and ideas in Asian American studies, this book strikes a bold new path for the field.


This book can be used in conjunction with the Blackwell Companion to Asian American Studies.

About the Author
Kent A. Ono is Professor of Asian American Studies and Communications, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where he is also Director of the Asian American Studies Program. He is co-author of Shifting Borders (with John Sloop, 2002) and co-editor of Enterprise Zones (1996).
Features

  • Contains ten original essays pointing to new directions in Asian American Studies
  • Contributors are drawn from an expert group of international scholars
  • Includes coverage of film, popular culture, globalization, citizenship, and queer studies
  • Features a useful introduction by the editor reviewing the origins of the subject, and outlines future possibilities for the field
  • Can be used alongside A Companion to Asian American Studies, edited by Kent A. Ono, for a complete reference to Asian American Studies.