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Activist anthropology : an ethnography of Asian American student activism at Oberlin College

Suarez, Ashley R.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1334944597

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2006, BA, Oberlin College, Anthropology.
This thesis examines the issues that have become enmeshed in the body politic of the current generation of Asian/Pacific American student activists at Oberlin College. It discusses students' personal trials as they confront academic burnout, institutional amnesia, and a continued lack of support for A/PA studies, through a case study of activism in motion. Other aspects of this research include the role of identity in pan-ethnic Asian American community organizing, the power dynamics of identity and the strategic deployment of identity as a political tool (Lowe 1991, Espiritu 1992). In addition, the project highlights emerging concerns in the community and highlights the relationship between shifting membership and changes in admissions demographics. Examples of some of the new challenges that AAA faces are the difficulty of forming and maintaining new alliances, controversy within the community about the expansion of a focus on "Asian America" to one on "Asian/Pacific America," and the inclusion of South Asians within the movement.
Valentina Pagliai (Advisor)
Linda Grimm (Committee Chair)
Theresa Mah (Other)
284 p.
Asian American Studies
Oberlin College; activism; students; Asian; Asian/Pacific; Pacific; Asian American; college; alliance; curriculum;

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  • Suarez, A. R. (2006). Activist anthropology : an ethnography of Asian American student activism at Oberlin College [Undergraduate thesis, Oberlin College]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1334944597

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Suarez, Ashley. Activist anthropology : an ethnography of Asian American student activism at Oberlin College. 2006. Oberlin College, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1334944597.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Suarez, Ashley. "Activist anthropology : an ethnography of Asian American student activism at Oberlin College." Undergraduate thesis, Oberlin College, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1334944597

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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