The Sum of Our Parts: Mixed-heritage Asian Americans

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Teresa Williams-León, Cynthia L. Nakashima
Temple University Press, 2001 - 279 pàgines
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This collection of essays focuses on the construction of identity among people of Asian descent who claim multiple heritage. In their consideration of people of mixed Asian identities, the contributors to this study disrupt standard discussions.

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Multiraciality and Asian America Bridging
8
AsianDescent Multiraciality in Global
9
Possibilities of a Multiracial Asian America
25
and Identity
57
Not Just at
71
An Asian American Identity
93
Remapping Political Landscapes
107
Multiracial Comedy as a Commodity in Hawaii
121
Mapping Discussions of Feminism
163
Perspective
183
A Dutch Eurasian Revival?
197
The Racial Politics of Being Dogla and of Asian Descent
217
Thai and American Reactions
231
Bibliography
245
About the Contributors
277
Copyright

Multiracial Gays Lesbians
145

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Sobre l'autor (2001)

Teresa Williams-Leon is an Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies at California State University, Northridge.

Cynthia L. Nakashima is a Ph.D. candidate in Comparative Ethnic Studies at University of California, Berkeley.

CONTRIBUTORS: Paul R. Spickard, John Chock Rosa, Maria P. P. Root, Michael C. Thornton, Harold Gates, Yen Le Espiritu, Curtiss Takada Rook, Christine C. Iijima Hall, Trude I. Cooke, Daneil A. Nakashima, Cathy J. Tashiro, Rebecca Chiyoko King, Kieu Linh Caroline Valverde, Darby Li Po Price, David Parker, Mark Taylor Brinsfield, Loraine Van Tuyl, Stephan Murphy-Shigematsu, Jan R. Weisman, and the editors

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TítolThe Sum of Our Parts: Mixed-heritage Asian Americans
Volum 231 de Asian American history and culture, ISSN 1557-377X
The Sum of Our Parts: Mixed-heritage Asian Americans, Teresa Williams-León
EditorsTeresa Williams-León, Cynthia L. Nakashima
Col·laboradorMichael Omi
Edicióil·lustrada
EditorTemple University Press, 2001
ISBN1566398479, 9781566398473
Nre. de pàgines279 pàgines
  
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