Ethnic America Undercover: The Intellectual and Minority Discourse

Parikh points out conditions of production, emphasizing that the cultural work of representation cannot be understood to occur in a social and historical vacuum. The narratives, identities, and knowledge about ethnic subjects that minority discourse struggles to create and legitimate must be structu...

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Published in:Contemporary literature 2002-07, Vol.43 (2), p.249-284
Main Author: Parikh, Crystal
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Betrayal
Communities
Cultural identity
Ethnic identity
Literature
Minority & ethnic groups
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Narratives
Native languages
Novels
Political discourse
State espionage
Universities
White people
Writing
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Summary:Parikh points out conditions of production, emphasizing that the cultural work of representation cannot be understood to occur in a social and historical vacuum. The narratives, identities, and knowledge about ethnic subjects that minority discourse struggles to create and legitimate must be structurally located within institutional, nation, and global networks of power.
ISSN:0010-7484
1548-9949
DOI:10.2307/1209073