Racial Ambiguity in Asian American Culture

by Jennifer Ann Ho

Book Overview

The sheer diversity of the Asian American populace makes them an ambiguous racial category. Indeed, the 2010 U.S. Census lists twenty-four Asian-ethnic groups, lumping together under one heading people with dramatically different historical backgrounds and cultures. In Racial Ambiguity in Asian American Culture, Jennifer Ann Ho shines a light on the hybrid and indeterminate aspects of race, revealing ambiguity to be paramount to a more nuanced...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813570700
• ISBN13: 9780813570709
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"