American Academia under the Threat of Assimilation in Ishmael Reed's Japanese by Spring

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

American Academia under the Threat of Assimilation in Ishmael Reed's Japanese by Spring

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The article contextualizes Ishmael Reed's 1993 satirical campus novel Japanese by Spring against the background of the Culture Wars, arguing that the novel illustrates the dangers of assimilation in American academia. Set at the fictional Jack London College, named after a writer known for his white supremacist views, the book perceives assimilation as a threat to ethnic minorities' sense of identity. Tus, the protagonist, an African American instructor and a former supporter of affirmative action named Chappie Puttbutt, is satirized for his willingness to assimilate in order to obtain tenure. Besides denouncing African Americans in his scholarship and dreaming of moving to an all-white neighbor-hood, Puttbutt decides to learn Japanese in reaction to the rising influence of Japan in the globalized economy. In Reed's satirical hyperbole, the college is eventually bought by a Japanese corporation and the new administration's effort to Japanize the campus echoes parallels with institutionalized white supremacy. Besides examining the criticism of assimilation in Japanese by Spring, this article relates it to Reed's contemporaneous essay collection Airing Dirty Laundry (1994), in which the author comments extensively on the drawbacks of monoculturalist views and their perpetuation by higher education.

Název v anglickém jazyce

American Academia under the Threat of Assimilation in Ishmael Reed's Japanese by Spring

Popis výsledku anglicky

The article contextualizes Ishmael Reed's 1993 satirical campus novel Japanese by Spring against the background of the Culture Wars, arguing that the novel illustrates the dangers of assimilation in American academia. Set at the fictional Jack London College, named after a writer known for his white supremacist views, the book perceives assimilation as a threat to ethnic minorities' sense of identity. Tus, the protagonist, an African American instructor and a former supporter of affirmative action named Chappie Puttbutt, is satirized for his willingness to assimilate in order to obtain tenure. Besides denouncing African Americans in his scholarship and dreaming of moving to an all-white neighbor-hood, Puttbutt decides to learn Japanese in reaction to the rising influence of Japan in the globalized economy. In Reed's satirical hyperbole, the college is eventually bought by a Japanese corporation and the new administration's effort to Japanize the campus echoes parallels with institutionalized white supremacy. Besides examining the criticism of assimilation in Japanese by Spring, this article relates it to Reed's contemporaneous essay collection Airing Dirty Laundry (1994), in which the author comments extensively on the drawbacks of monoculturalist views and their perpetuation by higher education.

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

AJ - Písemnictví, mas–media, audiovize

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2016

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název statě ve sborníku

Assimilation - A Good or Bad Word? Proceedings of the 20th International Colloquium of American Studies

ISBN

978-80-244-4937-1

ISSN

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e-ISSN

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Počet stran výsledku

12

Strana od-do

116-127

Název nakladatele

Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci

Místo vydání

Olomouc

Místo konání akce

Olomouc

Datum konání akce

18. 6. 2015

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

WRD - Celosvětová akce

Kód UT WoS článku

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