Re/collecting Early Asian America: Essays in Cultural HistoryJosephine D. Lee, Imogene L. Lim, Yuko Matsukawa |
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... suggests a simple act of repetition , a return to a previous moment . How- ever , in the case of Asian America , the ... suggest active and self - conscious practices of gathering , accumulating , accounting , and recovering . Most ...
... suggests a simple act of repetition , a return to a previous moment . How- ever , in the case of Asian America , the ... suggest active and self - conscious practices of gathering , accumulating , accounting , and recovering . Most ...
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... suggests , each essay concerns itself with a specific instance of collecting , remembering , interpreting , and writing the past ; taken together , they become a cooperative exercise in recovery and discovery . The sometimes - contested ...
... suggests , each essay concerns itself with a specific instance of collecting , remembering , interpreting , and writing the past ; taken together , they become a cooperative exercise in recovery and discovery . The sometimes - contested ...
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... suggests , by seek- ing inclusion and equality , Asian Americans " helped to preserve and advance the very privileges that were denied to them " ( 1994 , 151 ) . On the other hand , scholars also must work to present a more varied ...
... suggests , by seek- ing inclusion and equality , Asian Americans " helped to preserve and advance the very privileges that were denied to them " ( 1994 , 151 ) . On the other hand , scholars also must work to present a more varied ...
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... suggests that " no work of synthesis on the history of Asian Amer- icans can be definitive " ( 1991 , 188 ) ; her disclaimer presents both a warning and an opportunity to reflect upon the continuing challenge of resurrecting " Asian ...
... suggests that " no work of synthesis on the history of Asian Amer- icans can be definitive " ( 1991 , 188 ) ; her disclaimer presents both a warning and an opportunity to reflect upon the continuing challenge of resurrecting " Asian ...
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... suggests that " locations " are geographi- cal , psychological , and political markers that indicate a tentative ongoing inquiry per- taining to a particular spot . Once such markers become more stable and significant , they lose their ...
... suggests that " locations " are geographi- cal , psychological , and political markers that indicate a tentative ongoing inquiry per- taining to a particular spot . Once such markers become more stable and significant , they lose their ...
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Re/collecting Early Asian America: Essays in Cultural History Josephine D. Lee,Imogene L. Lim,Yuko Matsukawa No preview available - 2002 |
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