AAS 246 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: New York University Press, Asian American Studies, Model Minority

• School: University of Illinois
• Department: Asian American Studies
• Course: AAS 246
• Professor: Kwon Soo Ah

Document Summary

Helen jun nuances this understanding of two films through the lens of model minority and neoliberalism. Argues for examine model minority concept alongside neoliberalism. Helen jun: associate professor of english and african american studies, as well as affiliate faculty in. Asian american studies, university of illinois at chicago. Chapter: (cid:862)asia(cid:374) a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:374)s i(cid:374) the age of neoli(cid:271)eralis(cid:373). Hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) capital a(cid:374)d bad choi(cid:272)es i(cid:374) aka don. Bo(cid:374)us a(cid:374)d better lu(cid:272)k to(cid:373)orro(cid:449)(cid:863) fro(cid:373) ra(cid:272)e for citize(cid:374)ship: bla(cid:272)k orie(cid:374)talis(cid:373) a(cid:374)d asia(cid:374) uplift from pre-emancipation to neoliberal america. An economic and political theory that stresses free market principles of deregulation, privatization, and less state social services. It is also a political mode of governance that stresses individual responsibility and conduct to govern oneself. (cid:862)pro-(cid:271)usi(cid:374)ess a(cid:272)ti(cid:448)is(cid:373)(cid:863) From civil rights redistribution of resources downward--> redistribute resources upward. Viewed as challenging some stereotypes of asian americans but reinforcing model minority student while understanding the pressure they face and psychological stress aka don bonus.