Contemporary Asian America

by Zhou, Min

• ISBN13: 9780814797136
• ISBN10: 081479713X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-10-01
• Publisher: New York Univ Pr

Summary

WhenContemporary Asian Americawas first published, it exposed its readers to developments within the discipline, from its inception as part of the ethnic consciousness movement of the 1960s to the more contemporary theoretical and practical issues facing Asian America at the century's end.This new edition features a number of fresh entries and updated material. It covers such topics as Asian American activism, immigration, community formation, family relations, gender roles, sexuality, identity, struggle for social justice, interethnic conflict/coalition, and political participation.As in the first edition,Contemporary Asian Americaprovides an expansive introduction to the central readings in Asian American Studies, presenting a grounded theoretical orientation to the discipline and framing key historical, cultural, economic, and social themes with a social science focus. This critical text offers a broad overview of Asian American studies and the current state of Asian America.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition	p. ix
Preface to the First Edition	p. xiii
Introduction: Revisiting Contemporary Asian America	p. 1
Claiming Visibility: The Asian American Movement and Politics
"On Strike!": San Francisco State College Strike, 1968-1969: The Role of Asian American Students	p. 25
"The Four Prisons" and the Movements of Liberation: Asian American Activism from the 1960s to the 1990s	p. 56
Black Panthers, Red Guards, and Chinamen: Constructing Asian American Identity through Performing Blackness, 1969-1972	p. 89
Study Questions	p. 110
Suggested Readings	p. 110
Films	p. 111
Traversing Borders: Contemporary Asian Immigration to the United States
Transforming Asian America: Globalization and Contemporary Immigration to the United States	p. 115
The Waves of War: Immigrants, Refugees, and New Americans from Southeast Asia	p. 139
Indians in North Carolina: Race, Class, and Culture in the Making of Immigrant Identity	p. 158
Study Questions	p. 176
Suggested Readings	p. 177
Films	p. 178
Ties That Bind: The Immigrant Family and the Ethnic Community
Southeast Asian Women in Lowell: Family Relations, Gender Roles, and Community Concerns	p. 181
New Household Forms, Old Family Values: The Formation and Reproduction of the Filipino Transnational Family in Los Angeles	p. 206
Enclaves, Ethnoburbs, and New Patterns of Settlement among Asian Immigrants	p. 222
Study Questions	p. 237
Suggested Readings	p. 238
Films	p. 239
Struggling to Get Ahead: Economy and Work
Striving for the American Dream: Struggle, Success, and Intergroup Conflict among Korean Immigrant Entrepreneurs	p. 243
Gender, Migration, and Work: Filipina Health Care Professionals in the United States	p. 259
Mothers without Citizenship: Asian Immigrants and Refugees Negotiate Poverty and Hunger after Welfare Reform	p. 279
Study Questions	p. 297
Suggested Readings	p. 298
Films	p. 299
Sexuality in Asian America
Stories from the Homefront: Perspectives of Asian American Parents with Lesbian Daughters and Gay Sons	p. 303
Searching for Community: Filipino Gay Men in New York City	p. 314
Study Questions	p. 326
Suggested Readings	p. 326
Films	p. 327
Race and Asian American Identity
Are Asians Black? The Asian American Civil Rights Agenda and the Contemporary Significance of the Black/White Paradigm	p. 331
Are Asian Americans Becoming White?	p. 354
Diverging Identities: Ethnic and Religious Identities among Second-Generation Korean Americans	p. 360
Study Questions	p. 376
Suggested Readings	p. 377
Films	p. 378
The Complexity of Ethnicity
Intermarriage and Multiracial Identification: The Asian American Experience and Implications for Changing Color Lines	p. 381
What Must I Be? Asian Americans and the Question of Multiethnic Identity	p. 393
Social Construction of Ethnicity versus Personal Experience: The Case of Afro-Amerasians	p. 408
Study Questions	p. 420
Suggested Readings	p. 421
Films	p. 421
Confronting Adversity: Racism, Stereotyping, and Exclusion
A Letter to My Sister	p. 425
"Racial Profiling" in the War on Terror: Cultural Citizenship and South Asian Muslim Youth in the United States	p. 431
Without a Trace: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Prime-Time Television	p. 449
Study Questions	p. 463
Suggested Readings	p. 464
Films	p. 465
Behind the Model Minority
The Cold War Construction of the Model Minority Myth	p. 469
From Model Minority to Economic Threat: Media Portrayals of Major League Baseball Pitchers Hideo Nomo and Hideki Irabu	p. 485
Study Questions	p. 499
Suggested Readings	p. 499
Films	p. 500
Multiplicity, Citizenship, and Interracial Politics
Heterogeneity, Hybridity, Multiplicity: Marking Asian American Differences	p. 505
"Obnoxious to Their Very Nature": Asian Americans and Constitutional Citizenship	p. 526
Interracial Politics: Asian Americans and Other Communities of Color	p. 542
Study Questions	p. 556
Suggested Readings	p. 556
Films	p. 558
About the Contributors	p. 559
Index	p. 563
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