The Melancholy of Race by Anne Anlin Cheng
This text proposes that racial grief is a foundation for racial identity, suggesting that racial identification is itself already a melancholy act. It explores examples from culture and life to show how racial melancholia permeates our fantasies of citizenship, assimilation, and social health.
One measure of a healthy and thriving literature is the health of its critics and theoristsIf measured against the work of Anne Anlin Cheng, Asian-American literature is not only alive and thriving, but in the midst of a renaissance. Her discussion of race theory goes far beyond the often muddled binary discussion of racialized difference, historical chronology, or sociological case study, offering a new view of race and ethnicity in literature and psychoanalysis. * Shawn Wong, University of Washington *
Anne Anlin Cheng is Assistant Professor of English and American Literature at the University of California, Berkeley.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195151626 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195151623 |
| Title | The Melancholy of Race |
| Author | Anne Anlin Cheng |
| Series | Race And American Culture |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 2002-01-17 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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