Full Description
Surveying the new contours of Asian America
Contents
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: On Intersections and Divergences - Rick Bonus and Linda Trinh VoPart I: Communities in Transition: Spaces and Practices1. Asian and Latino Immigration and the Revitalization of Sunset Park, Brooklyn - Tarry Hum2. The Politics and Poetics of a Taiwanese Chinese American Identity - Eileen Chia-Ching Fung3. Southeast Asians in the House: Multiple Layers of Identity - Russell Jeung4. Gay Asian Men in Los Angeles before the 1980s - Eric C. Wat5. Pilipinokaba? Internet Discussions in the Filipino Community - Emily Noelle IgnacioPart II: Communities in Transformation: Identities and Generations6. Pacific Islander Americans and Asian American Identity - Debbie Hippolite Wright and Paul Spickard7. "Eligible" to be Japanese American: Multiraciality in Basket Ball Leagues and Beauty Pageants - Rebecca Chiyoko King8. Young Asian American Professionals in Los Angeles: A Community in Transition - Pensri Ho9. Internalized Stereotypes and Shame: The Struggles of 1.5-Generation Korean Americans in Hawai'i - Mary Yu Danico10. Asian Immigrant Entrepreneurial Children - Lisa Sun-Hee ParkPart III: Communities of Alternatives: Representations and Politics11. Imagining Panethnic Community and Performing Identity in Maxine Hong Kingston's Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book - Karen Har-Yen Chow12. Addressing Domestic Violence and the South Asian Community in the United States - Margaret Abraham13. Asian Pacific Americans and Urban Politics - Edward J. W. Park14. The Political and Philanthropic Contexts for Incorporating Asian American Communities - Jiannbin Lee Shiao15. How Public-Policy Reforms Shape, and Reveal the Shape of, Asian America - Andrew LeongAbout the ContributorsIndex
