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Unsettled solidarities : Asian and indigenous cross-representations in the Américas
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Unsettled solidarities : Asian and indigenous cross-representations in the Américas / Quynh Nhu Le.
ISBN
9781439916261
1439916268
9781439916278
1439916276
Publication
Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2019.
Copyright Notice Date
©2019
Physical Description
xiii, 233 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes
Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--University of California, Santa Barbara, 2013, titled Unsettling solidarities : Asian North American and indigenous literary contacts, post-1968.
Summary
"Unsettled Solidarities examines contemporary Asian American and Indigenous literary cross-representations in the Américas, including the United States-Mexico border, Canada, and Brazil. The work places close comparative readings within the context of the long history of racialized settlement in the Américas that discursively constructs the Asian American and the Indigenous"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Le, Quynh Nhu, 1980- author. Unsettled solidarities Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2019
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 13, 2019
Series
Critical race, indigeneity, and relationality
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction. Settler racial hegemonies : the tense crossings of settlement, empire, and race
Historiographical tensions : U.S. Asian American and indigenous crossings from Manifest Destiny to the Pacific theater
Legal/juridical tensions : the affective temporalities of Canadian redress and reconciliation
Economic tensions : global capital and mestizaje/mesticagem discourse in Latin America
Biopolitical tensions : the work of shame and anxiety in native-Asian mixed-blood narratives.
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