Illegal Immigrants/Model Minorities: The Cold War of Chinese American Narrative

Description: Illegal Immigrants/Model Minorities by Heidi Kim "Illegal Immigrants/Model Minorities thinks through two figures-the Chinese illegal immigrant and the Chinese model minority-during the Cold War. Reading the two together sheds light on how the discussion of Chinese Americans in both literature and archival materials grapples with these constructs and creates competing usages of and perspectives on Chinese American history"-- FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In the Cold War era, Chinese Americans were caught in a double-bind. The widespread stigma of illegal immigration, as it was often called, was most easily countered with the model minority, assimilating and forming nuclear families, but that in turn led to further stereotypes. In Illegal Immigrants/Model Minorities, Heidi Kim investigates how Chinese American writers navigated a strategy to normalize and justify the Chinese presence during a time when fears of Communism ran high.Kim explores how writers like Maxine Hong Kingston, Jade Snow Wong, and C. Y. Lee, among others, addressed issues of history, family, blood purity, and law through then-groundbreaking novels and memoirs. Illegal Immigrants/Model Minorities also uses legal cases, immigration documents, and law as well as mass media coverage to illustrate how writers constructed stories in relation to the political structures that allowed or disallowed their presence, their citizenship, and their blended identity. Kim illuminates the rapidly shifting political and social pressures on Chinese American authors who selectively concealed, revealed, and reconstructed issues of citizenship, belonging, and inclusion in their writing. Author Biography Heidi Kim is an Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of North Carolina and author of Invisible Subjects: Asian Americans in Postwar Literature. Long Description In the Cold War era, Chinese Americans were caught in a double-bind. The widespread stigma of illegal immigration, as it was often called, was most easily countered with the model minority, assimilating and forming nuclear families, but that in turn led to further stereotypes. In Illegal Immigrants/Model Minorities, Heidi Kim investigates how Chinese American writers navigated a strategy to normalize and justify the Chinese presence during a time when fears of Communism ran high. Kim explores how writers like Maxine Hong Kingston, Jade Snow Wong, and C. Y. Lee, among others, addressed issues of history, family, blood purity, and law through then-groundbreaking novels and memoirs. Illegal Immigrants/Model Minorities also uses legal cases, immigration documents, and law as well as mass media coverage to illustrate how writers constructed stories in relation to the political structures that allowed or disallowed their presence, their citizenship, and their blended identity. Kim illuminates the rapidly shifting political and social pressures on Chinese American authors who selectively concealed, revealed, and reconstructed issues of citizenship, belonging, and inclusion in their writing. Details ISBN143991902X Author Heidi Kim Short Title Illegal Immigrants/Model Minorities Pages 260 Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 143991902X ISBN-13 9781439919026 Format Paperback Subtitle The Cold War of Chinese American Narrative Publication Date 2021-02-12 Series Asian American History & Cultu UK Release Date 2021-02-12 Imprint Temple University Press,U.S. Place of Publication Philadelphia PA Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2021-02-12 NZ Release Date 2021-02-12 US Release Date 2021-02-12 Illustrations 1 table6, 4 halftones Publisher Temple University Press,U.S. Alternative 9781439919019 DEWEY 973.0495 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161649579;

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