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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| description | 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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| spelling | usm-403402018-05-14T05:25:11Z http://eprints.usm.my/40340/ From Genealogy To Inventory: The Situation Of Asian American Studies In The Age Of The Crisis Of Global Finance Capital Jr, E. San Juan P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General) 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. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM Press) 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/40340/1/Genealogy.pdf Jr, E. San Juan (2010) From Genealogy To Inventory: The Situation Of Asian American Studies In The Age Of The Crisis Of Global Finance Capital. International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies (IJAPS), 6 (1). pp. 47-75. ISSN ISSN: 1823-6243 http://ijaps.usm.my/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Genealogy.pdf |
| spellingShingle | P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General) Jr, E. San Juan From Genealogy To Inventory: The Situation Of Asian American Studies In The Age Of The Crisis Of Global Finance Capital |
| title | From Genealogy To Inventory: The Situation
Of Asian American Studies In The Age Of The
Crisis Of Global Finance Capital |
| title_full | From Genealogy To Inventory: The Situation
Of Asian American Studies In The Age Of The
Crisis Of Global Finance Capital |
| title_fullStr | From Genealogy To Inventory: The Situation
Of Asian American Studies In The Age Of The
Crisis Of Global Finance Capital |
| title_full_unstemmed | From Genealogy To Inventory: The Situation
Of Asian American Studies In The Age Of The
Crisis Of Global Finance Capital |
| title_short | From Genealogy To Inventory: The Situation
Of Asian American Studies In The Age Of The
Crisis Of Global Finance Capital |
| title_sort | from genealogy to inventory: the situation
of asian american studies in the age of the
crisis of global finance capital |
| topic | P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General) |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/40340/ http://eprints.usm.my/40340/ http://eprints.usm.my/40340/1/Genealogy.pdf |