Book contents
- Asian American Literature in Transition, 1965–1996
- Asian American Literature In Transition
- Asian American Literature in Transition, 1965–1996
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Series Preface
- Introduction
- Part I Immigration, Migration, and Movement
- Chapter 1 Scrutinizing Impossible Subjects
- Chapter 2 The Model Minority and Debt
- Chapter 3 Displaced Subjects and Refugee Literature, 1965–1996
- Chapter 4 1.5 Generation Literature as Asian Americanist Critique
- Part II Politics, Art, and Activism
- Part III Institutionalization and Canon Formation
- Part IV Diaspora and the Transnational Turn
- References
- Index
Chapter 1 - Scrutinizing Impossible Subjects
from Part I - Immigration, Migration, and Movement
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 June 2021
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Book contents
- Asian American Literature in Transition, 1965–1996
- Asian American Literature In Transition
- Asian American Literature in Transition, 1965–1996
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Series Preface
- Introduction
- Part I Immigration, Migration, and Movement
- Chapter 1 Scrutinizing Impossible Subjects
- Chapter 2 The Model Minority and Debt
- Chapter 3 Displaced Subjects and Refugee Literature, 1965–1996
- Chapter 4 1.5 Generation Literature as Asian Americanist Critique
- Part II Politics, Art, and Activism
- Part III Institutionalization and Canon Formation
- Part IV Diaspora and the Transnational Turn
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter explores the irony of Asian Americans as both scrutinized and invisible in a group of Asian American literary works written between 1965 and 1995. These subjects are perceived as remarkable for their racial difference. However, racist laws before 1965 governed their legal status, subsequently circumscribing them politically, socially, and culturally. The paradox of being overly acknowledged for racial difference while ignored as a political or other agential subject renders the Asian American an impossible subject. Indeed, Asian Americans have existed in a state of inconceivability.
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- Asian American Literature in Transition, 1965–1996 , pp. 19 - 33Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021