{"product_id":"mapping-asiatown-cleveland-race-and-redevelopment-in-the-rust-belt-9781439924761","title":"Mapping AsiaTown Cleveland: Race and Redevelopment in the Rust Belt","description":"Cleveland, Ohio is not a location that most people associate with Asian American placemaking. However, on Cleveland's East Side, multigenerational and panethnic Asian American residents and business owners are building community in the AsiaTown neighborhood. \u003ci\u003eMapping AsiaTown Cleveland\u003c\/i\u003e foregrounds the importance of region in racial formation and redevelopment as it traces the history of racial segregation and neighborhood diversity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMapping AsiaTown Cleveland\u003c\/i\u003e challenges ideas about the invisibility of Asian Americans in the urban Midwest by linking the contemporary development of Cleveland's \"AsiaTown\" to the multiple and fragmented histories of Cleveland's Asian American communities from the 1940s to present day. Kinney's sharp insights illustrate how region matters for Japanese Americans who resettled from concentration camps and Chinese Americans food purveyors, as well as the ways in which Asian American community leaders have had to fight for visibility and representation in city planning--even as the Cleveland Asian Festival is branded as a marquee \"diversity\" event for the city. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMapping AsiaTown Cleveland\u003c\/i\u003e recognizes the vibrant Asian American community formations and belonging that have developed in seemingly unexpected spaces and places. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the series \u003ci\u003eAsian American History and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRebecca Jo Kinney\u003c\/b\u003e is an Associate Professor in the School of Cultural and Critical Studies at Bowling Green State University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Wasteland: The Rise of Detroit as America's Postindustrial Frontier\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2018 Humanities Research Transdisciplinary Book Award as well as the Midwest Popular Culture and American Culture Association's Best Single Work.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51254055338258,"sku":"9781439924761","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_54841498-c9ed-4ca3-b69d-6a336e9eca4b.jpg?v=1746305138","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mapping-asiatown-cleveland-race-and-redevelopment-in-the-rust-belt-9781439924761","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}