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Remaking America: Language, Otherness, and Identity

Explore the ever-evolving meaning of being American through laws, interactions, and language appropriation in the book "China Men." Discussing assimilation, double-consciousness, and the untold history that shapes identities. How do we define America?

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Remaking America: Language, Otherness, and Identity

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  1. China Men: Lecture II I. Review II. Language and otherness III. Silencing IV. Appropriation v. Assimilation V. Appropriation of Language VI. Who makes America? (184)

  2. I. Review A. For Kingston "American" is not a fixed term. Instead, its meaning is open to re-definition and change as the country undergoes a perpetual process of remaking. B. Nonetheless, "American" cannot mean anything. What it means to be an American depends on: 1. The laws created to govern and order society; the political and civil rights guaranteed by those laws. 2. How the various groups making up "We, the people" interact and relate to one another.

  3. II. Language and otherness A. “Eccentric people” (15) B. Otherness (276, 12, 273) C. English (45) D. Self-alienation 1. "Sojourners" (44-45) 2. "Americans" (53) E. Double-consciousness

  4. III. Silencing A. Untold history (145) B. "The rule of silence" (90, 100,110, 115, 117-118)

  5. IV. Appropriation v. Assimilation To make one’s own v. To be similar Transform meaning v. Fit into existing mold

  6. V. Appropriation of Language A. "The power of naming" (242) 1. Edison/ Eh-Da-Son (71) 2. Lo Bun Sun: Robinson Crusoe 3. "chinamen" (111, 88): China Men B. Positive double consciousness C. Title page

  7. VI. Who makes America? A. Transcontinental railroad (145) B. New founding fathers: "Binding and building ancestors" (146) C. Vs. Taney D. Vs. Vatel: "The true bond which connects the child with the body politic is not the matter of an inanimate piece of land, but the moral relations of his parentage. . ." E. Kau Goong: (184)

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