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<p><P><b>Claiming Diaspora</b> explores the thriving contemporary musical culture of Asian/Chinese America. Ranging from traditional operas to modern instrumental music, from ethnic media networks to popular music, from Asian American jazz to the work of recent avant-garde composers, author Su Zheng reveals the rich and diverse musical activities among Chinese Americans and tells of the struggles and creative searches by Chinese Americans to gain a foothold in the American cultural terrain. In doing so, she not only tells their stories, but also examines the transnational and racialized experiences of this musical culture, challenging us to take a fresh look at the increasingly plural and complex nature of American cultural identity. <P>Until recently, two intersected models have dominated studies of Asian American cultural expressions. The notion of "claiming America" has been a fundamental political strategy for the Asian American movement; while the Americanization model for European immigrants has minimized the impact of the "old country" on immigrant life and cultural expression. In <b>Claiming Diaspora</b>, Zheng critically analyzes the controversies surrounding these two mod

Author

Su Zheng; Yuanchun Zheng

Publisher

Oxford University Press, Incorporated

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780199873593

Subjects

Music, History, Science