ASIANAM 50 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Arnold Genthe, A Fistful Of Stances, Cockstock Incident
27 Jun 2016
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Race is not a fixed biological category. How race is actually socially constructed and how it is connected to nation. Nation as coded into federal legislation is exclusion. Chinese exclusion law was focused on chinese workers. People who came from asia could not be us citizens. Photographs by arnold genthe: male-focused community, bachelor society use term with caution a. i. Term bachelor usually refers to unmarried man a. iii. Important to note many men in relationships with different men and women a. iv. Bachelor v old maid: gender privilege: exclusion b. i. 1888 scott act: 20000 chinese workers visiting china had reentry permits cancelled b. iii. Instead of traveling upward in job rank or instead of getting more resources they are getting less resources c. iv. Older male workers c. v. as young men: railroads, mining, & factories built u. s. west c. vi. Stay in sf chinatown odd jobs, peddlers c. vii. c. viii. If you are an older man it is harder to get picked for jobs c. ix.
