RACE AND RESISTANCE

This is my first book, and it's being published by Oxford University Press in March 2002. From the press's catalog:

"Viet Nguyen argues that Asian American intellectuals have idealized Asian America, ignoring its saturation with capitalist practices. This idealization of Asian America means that Asian American intellectuals can neither grapple with their culture's ideological diversity nor recognize their own involvement with capitalist practices such as the selling of racial identity. Making his case through the example of literature, which remains a critical arena of cultural production for Asian Americans, Nguyen demonstrates that literature embodies the complexities, conflicts, and potential future options of Asian American culture."

The cover art is from my friend Long Nguyen's series of paintings, Tales of Yellow Skin.