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An Ethics of Betrayal
The Politics of Otherness in Emergent U.S. Literatures and Culture
Crystal Parikh
$24.00
ISBN: 9780823230433
Book (Paperback)
Fordham University Press
256 pages
April 2009
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"Explores themes of betrayal and treason in Asian-American and Chicano and Latin literature, including works by Frank Chin and Américo Parades."
—The Chronicle of Higher Education
“A highly illuminating account of how issues of betrayal have shaped
Asian American and Latino cultures and politics, and a provocative set of
reflections on the ethical conclusions that might be drawn from this history.”
—Daniel Kim, Brown University
“A truly compelling and engaging assessment of how betrayal operates.”
—Tina Y. Chen, Vanderbilt University Drawing on the work of Levinas and Derrida, An Ethics of Betrayal
investigates the themes and tropes of betrayal and treason in Asian
American and Chicano/Latino literary and cultural narratives. In this first
major comparative study of narratives by and about Asian Americans and
Latinos, Parikh considers writings by Frank Chin, Gish Jen, Chang-rae Lee,
Eric Liu, Américo Parades, and Richard Rodriguez, as well as narratives
about the persecution of Wen Ho Lee and the rescue and return of Elian
González. By addressing the conflicts at the heart of filiality, the public
dimensions of language in the constitution of minority “community,”
and the mercenary mobilizations of “model minority” status, An Ethics of
Betrayal seriously engages the challenges of conducting ethnic and critical
race studies based on the uncompromising and unromantic ideas of
justice, reciprocity, and ethical society.
| CRYSTAL PARIKH is Assistant Professor in the Department of Social and
Cultural Analysis and the Department of English at New York University. |
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