Kent A. Ono 
Asian American Studies After Critical Mass 

Asian American Studies After Critical Massis a dynamic
collection that showcases the most exciting scholarship in the
field from a critical and cultural studies perspective. Comprised
of ten original essays written by a group of scholars at the
vanguard of the discipline, this collection takes on a range of
topics and concerns, including Asian American film and popular
culture; Asian Americans at the dawn of the twenty-first century;
globalization and transnational citizenship; and queer Asian
America. Addressing some of the most exciting issues and ideas in
Asian American studies, this book strikes a bold new path for the
field.

This book can be used in conjunction with the Blackwell
Companion to Asian American Studies.

Table of Content

Notes on Contributors.

Acknowledgments.

Asian American Studies in Its Second Phase: Kent A. Ono
(University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign).

PART I: Representations.

1 What is the Political? American Culture and the Example of
Viet Nam: Viet Nguyen (University of Southern California).

2 Ethnography, the Cinematic Apparatus, and Asian American Film
Studies: Peter Feng (University of Delaware).

3 Culinary Fictions: Immigrant Foodways and Race in Indian
American Literature: Anita Mannur (Wesleyan University).

PART II: Identities.

4 Foregrounding Native Nationalisms: A Critique of
Anti-Nationalist Sentiment in Asian American Studies: Candace
Fujikane (University of Hawaii).

5 A World Make-Over? An Asian American Queer Critique: Martin
Manalansan IV (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign).

6 Asian American Studies Through (Somewhat) Asian Eyes:
Integrating ‘Mixed Race’ into the Asian American
Discourse: Cynthia Nakashima (University of California at
Berkeley).

PART III: Disciplines and Methodologies.

7 Asian American Studies and the ‘Pacific Question’:
J. Kehaulani Kauanui (Wesleyan University).

8 Planet Youth: Asian American Youth Cultures, Citizenship, and
Globalization: Sunaina Maira (University of California, Davis).

9 The Problematics of History and Location of Filipino American
Studies within Asian American Studies: Helen Toribio (San Francisco
State University).

10 Rethinking Asian American Victimhood: Understanding the
Complexity of Race and Citizenship in America: Taro Iwata
(University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign).

Index

About the author

Kent A. Ono is Professor of Asian American Studies and Communications, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where he is also Director of the Asian American Studies Program. He is co-author of Shifting Borders (with John Sloop, 2002) and co-editor of Enterprise Zones (1996).