An Ethics of Betrayal : The Politics of Otherness in Emergent U.S. Literatures and Culture / Crystal Parikh.
Parikh, Crystal, author.
2009
PS153.M56 P37 2009eb
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Title An Ethics of Betrayal : The Politics of Otherness in Emergent U.S. Literatures and Culture / Crystal Parikh.
Author Parikh, Crystal, author.
ISBN 9780823237326
DOI https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823237326
Published New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2009]
Copyright ©2009
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource (256 p.)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1515/9780823237326 doi
Call Number PS153.M56 P37 2009eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 810.9/3529
Summary In An Ethics of Betrayal, Crystal Parikh investigates the theme and tropes of betrayal and treason in Asian American and Chicano/Latino literary and cultural narratives. In considering betrayal from an ethical perspective, one grounded in the theories of Emmanuel Levinas and Jacques Derrida, Parikh argues that the minority subject is obligated in a primary, preontological, and irrecusable relation of responsibility to the Other. Episodes of betrayal and treason allegorize the position of this subject, beholden to the many others who embody the alterity of existence and whose demands upon the subject result in transgressions of intimacy and loyalty. In this first major comparative study of narratives by and about Asian Americans and Latinos, Parikh considers writings by Frank Chin, Gish Jen, Chang-rae Lee, Eric Liu, Américo Parades, and Richard Rodriguez, as well as narratives about the persecution of Wen Ho Lee and the rescue and return of Elian González. By addressing the conflicts at the heart of filiality, the public dimensions of language in the constitution of minority "community," and the mercenary mobilizations of "model minority" status, An Ethics of Betrayal seriously engages the challenges of conducting ethnic and critical race studies based on the uncompromising and unromantic ideas of justice, reciprocity, and ethical society.
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Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: An Ethics of Betrayal
2. Late Arrivals: An Ethics of Betrayal in Racial and National Formation
3. Accidents and Obligations: Minority Neoconservatives and U. S. Racial Discourse
4. Ethnic America Undercover: The Intellectual and Minority Discourse
5. The Passion: The Betrayals of Elián González and Wen Ho Lee
Epilogue: The Traitors in Our Midst
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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