In Defense of Asian American Studies: The Politics of Teaching and Program BuildingUniversity of Illinois Press, 2005 - 265 páginas In Defense of Asian American Studies offers fascinating tales from the trenches on the origins and evolution of the field of Asian American studies, as told by one of its founders and most highly regarded scholars. Wielding intellectual energy, critical acumen, and a sly sense of humor, Sucheng Chan discusses her experiences on three campuses within the University of California system as Asian American studies was first developed--in response to vehement student demand--under the rubric of ethnic studies. Chan speaks by turns as an advocate and an administrator striving to secure a place for Asian American studies; as a teacher working to give Asian American students a voice and white students a perspective on race and racism; and as a scholar and researcher still asking her own questions. The essays span three decades and close with a piece on the new challenges facing Asian American studies. Eloquently documenting a field of endeavor in which scholarship and identity define and strengthen each other, In Defense of Asian American Studies combines analysis, personal experience, and indispensable practical advice for those engaged in building and sustaining Asian American studies programs. |
Contenido
JUSTIFYING OUR EXISTENCE | 5 |
Some Personal | 19 |
Prospectus for a Book Series Asian American History | 35 |
THE politics of TEACHING | 59 |
An Integrated Approach to Teaching Verbal Skills | 81 |
They Shall Write Anthropological Observations | 90 |
Pedagogical | 119 |
Why an Ethnic Studies Requirement? 1989 1995 | 134 |
My Teaching Philosophy 1998 | 144 |
Asian Americans and the Structure of Power in American | 151 |
Making It in Academia 1995 | 160 |
On Subversion and the Art of Resistance 2001 | 166 |
Whither Asian American Studies? 2003 | 175 |
Where Biography Intersects History | 199 |
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