 | Modeling Citizenship Subjects: Asian Americans in literature.; Jews in literature.; Judaism in literature.; Asian Americans; Judaism and literature; American literature; American literature; Navigating deftly among historical and literary readings, Cathy Schlund-Vials examines the analogous yet divergent experiences of Asian Americans and Jewish Americans in Modeling Citizenship . She investigates how these model minority groups are shaped by the shifting terrain of naturalization law and immigration policy, using the lens of naturalization, not assimilation, to underscore questions of nation-state affiliation and sense of belonging. Cathy Schlund-Vials is Assistant Professor of English and Asian American Studies at the University of Connecticut-Storrs. |
