Title LatinAsian cartographies : history, writing, and the national imaginary / Susan Thananopavarn

Published New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource Series Latinidad: transnational cultures in the united states Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Asian American and Latina/o Voices Writing History, Remapping Nation -- 1. United States Imperialism and Structural Violence in the Borderlands -- 2. Battle on the Homefront: World War II and Patriotic Racism -- 3. Cold War Epistemologies -- 4. Globalization and Military Violence in the LatinAsian Contact Zone -- Conclusion: American Studies beyond National Borders -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index Summary "LatinAsian Cartographies examines how Latina/o and Asian American writers provide important counter-narratives to the stories of racial encroachment that have come to characterize twenty-first century dominant discourses on race. Susan Thananopavarn contends that the Asian American and Latina/o presence in the United States, although often considered marginal in discourses of American history and nationhood, is in fact crucial to understanding how national identity has been constructed historically and continues to be constructed in the present day. Thananopavarn creates a new "LatinAsian" view of the United States that emphasizes previously suppressed aspects of national history, including imperialism, domestic racism during World War II, Cold War operations in Latin America and Asia, and the politics of borders in an age of globalization. LatinAsian Cartographies ultimately reimagines national narratives in a way that transforms dominant ideas of what it means to be American"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism American literature -- Hispanic American authors -- History and criticism American literature -- Asian American authors -- History and criticism American literature -- 21st century -- History and criticism Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 21st century Racism in literature. National characteristics, American, in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- Asian American. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- Hispanic American. HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century. HISTORY -- United States -- 21st Century. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. American literature American literature -- Asian American authors American literature -- Hispanic American authors Literature and society National characteristics, American, in literature Racism in literature United States Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book LC no. 2017032588 ISBN 9780813589886 0813589886 9780813589862 081358986X

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