1. The Lateness of Asian Canadian Studies.
- Author
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Lee, Christopher
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ASIANS , *ETHNIC groups , *ETHNOLOGY , *CANADIAN studies , *ASIAN American studies , *GROUP identity , *SOCIAL sciences - Abstract
The article explores the consequences of the absence of academic institutions for research and teaching on Asians in Canada by reframing the lack of Asian Canadian Studies as a problem of lateness. It defines lateness in two types, the first describes how academic institutions have been late to respond to the contemporary Canadian society, while the second derives from the critique of identity politics that defers any disclosure between identitarian categories and the communities to which they supposedly refer. It suggests that addressing the problem of lateness is critical to understanding the relationship between Asian Canadian Studies and Asian American Studies.
- Published
- 2007