Yoonmee Chang is an associate professor of English and an affiliate of cultural studies at George Mason University.

• 1 Introduction: The Asian American Ghetto 12 “Like a Slum”: Ghettos and Ethnic Enclaves, Ghetto and Genre 253 The Japanese American Internment: Master Narratives and Class Critique 704 Chinese Suicide: Political Desire and Queer Exogamy 1115 Ethnic Entrepreneurs: Korean American Spies, Shopkeepers, and the 1992 Los Angeles Riots 1356 Indian Edison: The Ethnoburbian Paradox and Corrective Ethnography 176Conclusion: The Postracial Aesthetic and Class Visibility 201

"Chang's excellent book makes a compelling case for why Asian American critics need to use the 'ghetto' as a paradigm and marshals ample evidence to show the ways Asian American literature supports such a provocative claim." - Viet Thanh Nguyen (author of Race and Resistance: Literature and Politics in Asian America) "Yoonmee Chang's elegantly written, deftly argued, and meticulously developed Writing the Ghetto makes a valuable contribution to our understanding and appreciation of Asian American social history and literature. This is an important book." - Elaine H. Kim (University of California, Berkeley) "Chang's argument is nuanced, provocatively counterintuitive, and occasionally dizzying. Writing the Ghetto is an important text not only for Asian American scholars, but for American and ethnic studies scholars interested in interrogating the politics, economics, and ethics of belonging."(Modern Fiction Studies)

Yoonmee Chang is an associate professor of English and an affiliate of cultural studies at George Mason University.

• 1 Introduction: The Asian American Ghetto 12 “Like a Slum”: Ghettos and Ethnic Enclaves, Ghetto and Genre 253 The Japanese American Internment: Master Narratives and Class Critique 704 Chinese Suicide: Political Desire and Queer Exogamy 1115 Ethnic Entrepreneurs: Korean American Spies, Shopkeepers, and the 1992 Los Angeles Riots 1356 Indian Edison: The Ethnoburbian Paradox and Corrective Ethnography 176Conclusion: The Postracial Aesthetic and Class Visibility 201

"Chang's excellent book makes a compelling case for why Asian American critics need to use the 'ghetto' as a paradigm and marshals ample evidence to show the ways Asian American literature supports such a provocative claim." - Viet Thanh Nguyen (author of Race and Resistance: Literature and Politics in Asian America) "Yoonmee Chang's elegantly written, deftly argued, and meticulously developed Writing the Ghetto makes a valuable contribution to our understanding and appreciation of Asian American social history and literature. This is an important book." - Elaine H. Kim (University of California, Berkeley) "Chang's argument is nuanced, provocatively counterintuitive, and occasionally dizzying. Writing the Ghetto is an important text not only for Asian American scholars, but for American and ethnic studies scholars interested in interrogating the politics, economics, and ethics of belonging."(Modern Fiction Studies)

Yoonmee Chang is an associate professor of English and an affiliate of cultural studies at George Mason University.

• 1 Introduction: The Asian American Ghetto 12 “Like a Slum”: Ghettos and Ethnic Enclaves, Ghetto and Genre 253 The Japanese American Internment: Master Narratives and Class Critique 704 Chinese Suicide: Political Desire and Queer Exogamy 1115 Ethnic Entrepreneurs: Korean American Spies, Shopkeepers, and the 1992 Los Angeles Riots 1356 Indian Edison: The Ethnoburbian Paradox and Corrective Ethnography 176Conclusion: The Postracial Aesthetic and Class Visibility 201

"Chang's excellent book makes a compelling case for why Asian American critics need to use the 'ghetto' as a paradigm and marshals ample evidence to show the ways Asian American literature supports such a provocative claim." - Viet Thanh Nguyen (author of Race and Resistance: Literature and Politics in Asian America) "Yoonmee Chang's elegantly written, deftly argued, and meticulously developed Writing the Ghetto makes a valuable contribution to our understanding and appreciation of Asian American social history and literature. This is an important book." - Elaine H. Kim (University of California, Berkeley) "Chang's argument is nuanced, provocatively counterintuitive, and occasionally dizzying. Writing the Ghetto is an important text not only for Asian American scholars, but for American and ethnic studies scholars interested in interrogating the politics, economics, and ethics of belonging."(Modern Fiction Studies)