Global Migration, Social Change, and Cultural Transformation

Global Migration, Social Change, and Cultural Transformation

Global Migration, Social Change, and Cultural Transformation Edited by Emory Elliott, Jasmine Payne, and Patricia Ploesch

GLOBAL MIGRATION, SOCIAL CHANGE, AND CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION Copyright Emory Elliott, Jasmine Payne, and Patricia Ploesch, eds., 2007. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2007 978-0-230-60054-6 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. First published in 2007 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 and Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England RG21 6XS. Companies and representatives throughout the world. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-37013-9 ISBN 978-0-230-60872-6 (ebook) DOI 10.1057/9780230608726 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Global migration, social change, and cultural transformation / edited by Emory Elliott, Jasmine Payne, and Patricia Ploesch. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Globalization Social aspects. 2. Globalization in literature. 3. Emigration and immigration. I. Elliott, Emory, 1942 II. Payne, Jasmine. III. Ploesch, Patricia. JZ1318.F5167 2007 304.8 dc22 2007013676 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Scribe Inc. First edition: December 2007 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1 Global Migration, Social Change, and Cultural Production 1 Emory Elliott, Jasmine Payne, and Patricia Ploesch Transnational Narratives 1 Most Overrated Western Virtue : The Politics of Knowledge in Zadie Smith s White Teeth 13 Grace Kyungwon Hong 2 Gender, Nation, and Globalization in Monsoon Wedding and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge 37 Jenny Sharpe 3 Comparing Emirati and Egyptian Narratives on Marriage, Sexuality, and the Body 59 Frances S. Hasso Part 2 U.S. Immigration and Culture 4 Third World Newsreel: Third Cinema Practice in the United States 77 Cynthia Young 5 Defying the Taboo on the Study of Internalized Racial Oppression 101 Karen D. Pyke 6 Poetry and Cultural Change: Charles Reznikoff 121 Steven Gould Axelrod 7 Veneration and Violence: Pedagogical Forces in Chicana Literature and Visual Art 139 Tiffany Ana Lopez vii

vi Contents Part 3 Global and Domestic Economies 8 Culture, Dislocation, and Citizenship 165 Toby Miller 9 Toward a Theorization of the U.S. Prison Regime : White Supremacy, Bodily Immobilization, and the Society Structured in Dominance 187 Dylan Rodriguez 10 The Mechanics of Empowerment: Migrant Farmworker Advocacy 207 Margaret Gray 11 Orientalism and the New Global: The Example of India 225 Anjan Chakrabarti, Stephen Cullenberg, and Anup Dhar About the Authors 263 Index 267

Acknowledgments In the summer of 2000, the University of California, Riverside s Center for Ideas and Society was awarded a multiyear Rockefeller Foundation Residency Site research grant for a project that focused on three pivotal areas of inquiry: migration, immigration, and social transformations; cultural diversity and the arts; and social change and cultural transformation. This generous grant created germane dialogues and points of departure for scholars, artists, and professionals traversing the humanities, social sciences, and arts. As a residency site, the University of California Riverside (UCR) hosted internationally renowned scholars who directed small faculty seminars and workshops. This collection has developed from the conversations, debates, and teachings made possible by support from the Rockefeller Foundation, the University of California Riverside, and the Center for Ideas and Society. We are most grateful to the following individuals within these institutions whose contributions were invaluable: the Rockefeller Foundation s Dr. Tomas Ybarra- Fausto was encouraging of this project from its inception; at the University of California Riverside, Chancellors Raymond L. Orbach and France Cordova, Deans Carlos Valez-Ibanez and Patricia O Brien, and Executive Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations Georgia A. Elliott offered unflagging support and institutional guidance; and the staff at the Center for Ideas and Society, Laura Lozon and Marilyn Davis, have expertly and patiently handled the logistical needs of each aspect of our programming. Members of the UCR faculty helped to make the project a resounding success, particularly the following individuals who participated in the focused research groups enabled by this grant: Edgar Butler, Amalia Cabezas, Edward Chang, Ralph Crowder, Stephen Cullenberg, Jennifer Doyle, Tracy Fisher, Paul Gelles, Paul Green, Katherine Kinney, Tiffany Ana Lopez, Karen Pyke, Michelle Raheja, Dylan Rodriguez, Parama Roy, Anna Scott, Barbara Tinsley, Carole-Anne Tyler, and Devra Weber. We were delighted to welcome the following Rockefeller Residency Fellows whose short time at the center made a lasting contribution to the advancement of research in social change and cultural expression: Frances Hasso, Amitava Kumar, Toby Miller, Glen Mimura,

viii Acknowledgments Jenny Sharpe, and Letti Volpp. The fellows, as well as the faculty and students of UCR, benefited greatly from the knowledge and expertise brought to the project by our three Resident Faculty Visitors, Professors Lisa Lowe, Toby Miller, and Leo Chavez, each of whom spent the winter and spring quarters on campus in 2001/02, 2002/03, and 2003/04, respectively. We are grateful to Gabriella (Ella) Georgiades, Editor of African Studies, Latino and Latin American Studies, and Sociology at Palgrave Macmillan, whose confidence and guidance made this volume possible. We also thank editorial assistant Joanna Mericle for her help and patience. Jenny Sharpe s essay Gender, Nation, and Globalization in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge and Moonsoon Wedding was originally published in the journal Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism; we are grateful for their permission to republish this piece. And finally, our thanks to the reviewers of the manuscript for the press, the contributors, and the many participants in the Rockefeller Residency Site at UCR s Center for Ideas. Emory Elliott, Jasmine Payne, and Patricia Ploesch