From Genealogy To Inventory: The Situation Of Asian American Studies In The Age Of The Crisis Of Global Finance Capital
The onset of global capitalism's crisis has exposed the fragile theoretical underpinnings of Asian American Studies as an academic discipline. Spellbound by deconstructive, rhetorical assumptions, all symptomatic of commodityfetishism and alienation, mainstream Asian American critics continue...
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| Language: | English |
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Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM Press)
2010
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/40340/1/Genealogy.pdf |
| Summary: | The onset of global capitalism's crisis has exposed the fragile theoretical
underpinnings of Asian American Studies as an academic discipline. Spellbound
by deconstructive, rhetorical assumptions, all symptomatic of commodityfetishism and alienation, mainstream Asian American critics continue to validate
neoliberal pluralism while claiming to value difference and singularity. While
rejecting American Exceptionalism, they ignore historical specificities and
endorse individualist norms, affects, genealogical plurality, and performative
discourses uncritical of free-market reification. |
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