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Picturing Model Citizens: Civility in Asian American Visual Culture

By Thy Phu

Book information

Publisher
Temple University Press
Year
2012
ISBN
143990720X, 9781439907207
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6794711 bytes)
Pages
218\219
Time added
2023-03-29 08:34:00

Description

How images portraying Asians as civil subjects contribute to debates on Asian American citizenship Contents Acknowledgments Prologue Introduction: Clasped Hands and Clenched Fists 1. Spectacles of Intimacy and the Aesthetics of Domestication 2. Cultivating Citizenship: Internment Landscapes and Still-Life Photography 3. A Manner of Apology: Transpacifism and the Scars of Reparation 4. Racial Hygiene: SARS, Surgical Masks, and the Civility of Surveillance Postscript: The Inhospitable Politics of Repatriation Notes Bibliography Index

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