Imagining the Nation
Subtitle: Asian American Literature and Cultural Consent (Asian America)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: September 11, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780804741309
Subjects: Literary studies: from c 1900 -; c 1970 to c 1980; c 1980 to c 1990; c 1990 to c 2000; Literature: Classics; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; American English; USA; American - Asian American; Minority Studies - Ethnic American; Literary Criticism & Collections / Asian American
First sentence: The civil rights movement of the 1960s in general and the third world strikes in 1968 at San Francisco State University in particular made urgent the overwhelming question of what is an "Asian American" amid the clamor for national redefinition.