Disoriented
Subtitle: Asian Americans, Law and the Nation State (Critical America)
Publisher: New York University Press; NYU Press
Published: June 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780814715215
Subjects: Citizenship & nationality law; Civil rights & citizenship; Ethnic studies; Immigration & emigration; Social law; Race discrimination; Law; Asians In The U.S; Ethnic Sociology; Sociology; Minority Studies - Ethnic American; USA; Law and legislation; General; Legal System; ETHNIC RELATIONS; LAW_NEW YORK (STATE); MINORITIES_LEGAL STATUS, LAWS, ETC; Emigration & Immigration; Social conditions; United States; Ethnic Studies - General; Asian Americans; Legal status, laws, etc
Description: Does "Asian American" denote on ethnic or racial identification? Is a person of mixed ancestry, the child of Euro- and Asian American parents, Asian American? What does it mean to refer to first-generation Hmong refugees and fifth-generation Chinese Americans both as Asian American?

In Disoriented: Asian Americans, Law, and the Nation-State, Robert Chang examines the current discourse on race and law and the implications of postmodern theory and affirmative action - all of which have largely excluded Asian Americans - in order to develop a theory of critical Asian American legal studies.