{"product_id":"the-cultural-capital-of-asian-american-studies-autonomy-and-representation-in-the-university-9780814717011","title":"The Cultural Capital of Asian American Studies: Autonomy and Representation in the University","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginating in the 1968 student-led strike at San Francisco State University, Asian American Studies was founded as a result of student and community protests that sought to make education more accessible and relevant. While members of the Asian American communities initially served on the departmental advisory boards, planning and developing areas of the curriculum, university pressures eventually dictated their expulsion. At that moment in history, the intellectual work of the field was split off from its relation to the community at large, giving rise to the entire problematic of representation in the academic sphere.\u003cbr\u003eEven as the original objectives of the field have remained elusive, Asian American studies has nevertheless managed to establish itself in the university. Mark Chiang argues that the fundamental precondition of institutionalization within the university is the production of cultural capital, and that in the case of Asian American Studies (as well as other fields of minority studies), the accumulation of cultural capital has come primarily from the conversion of political capital. In this way, the definition of cultural capital becomes the primary terrain of political struggle in the university, and outlines the very conditions of possibility for political work within the academy. Beginning with the theoretical debates over identity politics and cultural nationalism, and working through the origins of ethnic studies in the Third World Strike, the formation of the Asian American literary field, and the Blu's Hanging controversy, \u003cb\u003eThe Cultural Capital of Asian American Studies\u003c\/b\u003e articulates a new and innovative model of cultural and academic politics, illuminating the position of ethnic studies within the American university.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Chiang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814717011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChiang, Mark:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eMark Chiang\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of English at the University of Illinois, Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40183692296307,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_7514529f-e980-4bc0-8be6-a209de2d1a65.jpg?v=1655557800","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-cultural-capital-of-asian-american-studies-autonomy-and-representation-in-the-university-9780814717011","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}