Invisible Subjects: Asian America in Postwar Literature By Heidi Kathleen Kim Hardcover 0190456256 9780190456252 Invisible Subjects: Asian America in Postwar Literature Invisible Subjects broadens the archive of Asian American studies, using advances in Asian American history and historiography to reinterpret the politics of the major figures of post World War II American literature and criticism. Taking its theoretical inspiration from the work of Ralph Ellison and his focus on the invisibility of a racial minority in mainstream history, Heidi Kim argues that the work of American studies and literature in this era to explain and contain the troubling Asian figure reflects both the swift amnesia that covers the Pacific theater of WWII and the importance of the Asian to immigration debates and civil rights. From the Melville Revival through the myth and symbol school, as well as the fiction of John Steinbeck and William Faulkner, the postwar literary scene exhibits the ambiguity of Asian forms in the 1950s within the binaries of foreigner/native and black/white, as well as the constructs of gender and the nuclear family. It contrasts with the tortured redefinitions of race and nationality that appear in immigration acts and court cases, particularly those about segregation and interracial marriage. The Melville Revival critics discussion of a mythic and yet realistic diabolicalAsian, the role of a Chinese housekeeper in preserving the pioneer family in Steinbecks East of Eden , and the extent to which the history of the Mississippi Chinese sheds light on Faulkners stagnant societies all work to subsume a troubling presence. Detailing the archaeology and genealogy of Asian American Studies, Invisible Subjects offers an original, important, and vital contribution to both our understanding of American literary history and the general study of race and ethnicity in American cultural history.

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Invisible Subjects broadens the archive of Asian American studies using advances in Asian American history and historiography to reinterpret the politics of the major figures of post World War II American literature and criticism Taking its theoretical inspiration from the work of Ralph Ellison and his focus on the invisibility of a racial minority in mainstream history Heidi Kim argues that the work of American studies and literature in this era to explain and contain the troubling Asian figure reflects both the swift amnesia that covers the Pacific theater of WWII and the importance of the Asian to immigration debates and civil rights From the Melville Revival through the myth and symbol school as well as the fiction of John Steinbeck and William Faulkner the postwar literary scene exhibits the ambiguity of Asian forms in the 1950s within the binaries of foreigner native and black white as well as the constructs of gender and the nuclear family It contrasts with the tortured redefinitions of race and nationality that appear in immigration acts and court cases particularly those about segregation and interracial marriage The Melville Revival critics discussion of a mythic and yet realistic diabolicalAsian the role of a Chinese housekeeper in preserving the pioneer family in Steinbeck s East of Eden and the extent to which the history of the Mississippi Chinese sheds light on Faulkner s stagnant societies all work to subsume a troubling presence Detailing the archaeology and genealogy of Asian American Studies Invisible Subjects offers an original important and vital contribution to both our understanding of American literary history and the general study of race and ethnicity in American cultural history Invisible Subjects Asian America in Postwar Literature

Invisible Subjects: Asian America in Postwar Literature By Heidi Kathleen Kim

0190456256

9780190456252

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