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Flashpoints for Asian American Studies

Flashpoints for Asian American Studies( )
Editor: Schlund-Vials, Cathy
Afterword by: Nguyen, Viet Thanh
ISBN:978-0-8232-7860-2
Publication Date:Oct 2017
Publisher:Fordham University Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $125.00
Book Description:

Born out of mid-century social movements, Asian American studies is now an established field of transnational inquiry, diasporic engagement, and rights activism. These histories serve as initial moorings for Flashpoints for Asian American Studies, a collection which considers the contemporary possibilities of and limitations inherent in Asian American studies as historically entrenched, politically embedded, and institutionally situated interdiscipline.

Book Details
Pages:328
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / American / Asian American & Pacific Islander Studies
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.928 x 8.931 x 0.585 Inches
Book Weight:1.465 Pounds
Author Biography
(Editor)
Viet Thanh Nguyen was born in Ban Me Thuot, Viet Nam. In 1975, he came to the United States as a refugee with his family. He received degrees in English and ethnic studies from the University of California Berkeley. After receiving a Ph.D. in English from Berkeley, he began teaching at the University of Southern California and has been there ever since. He is an associate professor of English and American studies and ethnicity.

He is the author of Race and Resistance: Literature and Politics in Asian America and Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War. The novel The Sympathizer won the First Novel Prize from the Center for Fiction, the 2016 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature in Fiction, and the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. His latsest novel is The Refugees. He co-edited Transpacific Studies: Framing an Emerging Field with Janet Hoskins.

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