Chang (law, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, CA) examines the current discourse on race and law in order to develop a theory of critical Asian-American legal studies. He argues that the ongoing struggle to define America, particularly the way that Americans have constructed what it is to be Asian-American within that paradigm, have harmed this diverse demographic. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Acknowledgments ix
 Introduction: Becoming Asian American 1 (10)
 I A Meditation on Borders
 Dreaming in Black and White: Racial-Sexual 11 (16)
 Policing in The Birth of a Nation, The Cheat,
 and Who Killed Vincent Chin?
 Centering the Immigrant in the Inter/National 27 (21)
 Imagination
 II Developing a Critical Asian American Legal
 Studies
 Bridge: Introduction to Part II 45 (3)
 Why We Need a Critical Asian American Legal 48 (13)
 Studies
 Narrative Space 61 (15)
 A Narrative Account of Asian America 76 (22)
 Mapping Asian American Legal Studies 98 (12)
 III From Identity Politics to Political
 Identities
 Bridge: Introduction to Part III 109(1)
 Reverse Racism! Affirmative Action, the 110(13)
 Family, and the Dream That Is America
 One America: An Essay in Three Parts 123(16)
 Postscript: This Ain't Oz 136(3)
 Notes 139(34)
 Index 173(7)
 About the Author 180