The heathen, the plague, and the model minority: Perpetual self-assessment of Asian Americans as a panoptic mechanism
Incidents of racism against Asians have been rising since the COVID-19 pandemic turned global in early 2020. Employing Foucault’s concept of panopticism and Kathryn Lofton’s insights on the function of religion to demarcate group boundaries, this article argues that American religion constructs Asia...
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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2021
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Critical research on religion
Ano: 2021, Volume: 9, Número: 3, Páginas: 265-283 |
| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
USA
/ COVID-19
/ Pandemia
/ Racismo
/ Asiáticos
/ Pessoas brancas
/ Predomínio
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| Classificações IxTheo: | AD Sociologia da religião AG Vida religiosa KBM Ásia KBQ América do Norte ZA Ciências sociais ZC Política geral |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Covid-19
B Racism B Asian American B American Religion B Foucault |
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| Resumo: | Incidents of racism against Asians have been rising since the COVID-19 pandemic turned global in early 2020. Employing Foucault’s concept of panopticism and Kathryn Lofton’s insights on the function of religion to demarcate group boundaries, this article argues that American religion constructs Asian American stereotypes to limit the discursive space within which Asian Americans may negotiate their identities. These discursive limitations have, in turn, buttressed white supremacy. This article examines how some Asians and Asian Americans respond to anti-Asian sentiments during the pandemic by performing a close reading of an op-ed by prominent Asian American politician Andrew Yang in The Washington Post. This reading reveals that Yang’s colorblind solution upholds whiteness as the American gnosis and limits the discursive space in which Asian Americans may negotiate their identities. This article also discusses how the myth of America as a white Christian country withstands challenges from minority groups contesting its dominance. |
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| ISSN: | 2050-3040 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Critical research on religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/20503032211044436 |