Teaching Asian America Diversity and the Problem of Community

by Hirabayashi, Lane Ryo; Chan, Jachinson W.; Chuong, Chung Hoang; Collier, Malcolm; Eng, David L.; Fong, Timothy P.; Fujino, Diane C.; Hirabayashi, Lane Ryo; Yi Kang, Laura Hyun; Khandelwal, Madhulika S.; Kobashigawa, Ben; Ku, Robert Ji-Song; Lawsin, Emily

• ISBN13: 9780847687343
• ISBN10: 0847687341
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-12-29
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Summary

This innovative volume offers the first sustained examination of the myriad ways Asian American Studies is taught at the university level. Through this lens, this volume illuminates key debates in U.S. society about pedagogy, multiculturalism, diversity, racial and ethnic identities, and communities formed on these bases. Asian American Studies shares critical concerns with other innovative fields that query representation, positionality, voice, and authority in the classroom as well as in the larger society. Acknowledging these issues, the contributors illustrate how disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to Asian American Studies can be utilized to make teaching and learning about diversity more effective.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
1. Introduction	1	(12)
Lane Ryo Hirabayashi
PART I: EMBRACING DIVERSITIES	13	(110)
2. Queer/Asian American/Canons	13	(12)
David L. Eng
3. Teaching Asian American History	25	(10)
Gary Y. Okihiro
4. "Just What Do I Think I'm Doing?" Enactments of Identity and Authority in the Asian American Literature Classroom	35	(14)
Patricia A. Sakurai
5. The Case for Class: Introduction to the Political Economy of Asian American Communities in the San Francisco Bay Area	49	(10)
Ben Kobashigawa
6. Critical Pedagogy in Asian American Studies: Reflections on an Experiment in Teaching	59	(14)
Keith Osajima
7. Unity of Theory and Practice: Intergrating Feminist Pedagogy Into Asian American Studies	73	(20)
Diane C. Fujino
8. Contemporary Asian American Men's Issues	93	(10)
Jachinson W. Chan
9. Teaching Against the Grain: Thoughts on Asian American Studies and "Nontraditional" Students	103	(8)
Robert Ji-Song Ku
10. Reflections on Diversity and Inclusion: South Asians and Asian American Studies	111	(12)
Madhulika S. Khandelwal
PART II: RECONSIDERING COMMUNITIES	123	(126)
11. A Contending Pedagogy: Asian American Studies as Extracurricular Praxis	123	(20)
Laura Hyun Yi Kang
12. Reflections on Teaching about Asian American Communities	143	(8)
Timothy P. Fong
13. Psychology and the Teaching of Asian American Studies	151	(10)
Ramsay Liem
14. Beyond the Missionary Position: Reflections on Teaching Student Activism from the Bottom Up	161	(14)
Eric C. Wat
15. Vietnamese American Studies: Notes toward a New Paradigm	175	(12)
Chung Hoang Chuong
16. Empowering the Bayaniban Spirit: Teaching Filipina/o American Studies	187	(12)
Emily Porcincula Lawsin
17. Building Community Spirit: A Writing Course on the Indian American Experience	199	(18)
Rosane Rocher
18. Teaching the Asian American Experience through Film	217	(16)
Jun Xing
19. Teaching Asian American Studies in Community Colleges	233	(10)
Susie Ling
20. The Politics of Teaching Asian American Literature Amidst Middle-Class, Caucasian Students "East of California"	243	(6)
Sheng-mei Ma
Appendix Resources for Innovation/Excellence in Teaching: A Select, Annotated Bibliography	249	(4)
Malcolm Collien
Lane Ryo Hirabayashi
Index	253	(10)
About the Contributors	263