Aspiring to Home: South Asians in America by Bakirathi Mani"Aspiring to Home explores South Asian immigrants as they create new ethnic identities through popular cultural works that bind together narratives of multicultural and postcolonial citizenship."
No-No Boy by John Okada; Lawson Fusao InadaIn Main Collection.
A novel about the price of refusing to go to an internment camp. The author, Seattle native John Okada, was interned with his family in Idaho and served in the Army during WWII.
Cities of Others: Reimagining Urban Spaces in Asian American Literature by Xiaojing ZhouExamines "how Asian American writers - both celebrated and overlooked - depict urban settings. . . . [and] sheds new light on the works of Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese American writers who bear witness to a variety of urban experiences and reimagine the American city as other than a segregated nation-space."
Permutations of a Self: Poems by Thomas V. Nguyen"Permutations of a Self grapples with issues of belonging and connection, all from the perspective of someone who does a lot more observing and ruminating than living in the present. Most of the poems draw from Nguyen's imperfect memory of himself and others as it changes throughout time. In many ways, the poet feels like an outsider in his own family because he has gradually forgotten how to speak Vietnamese, his native language that he once knew so well."
Hamakua Hero by Patsy Iwasaki; Berido (Illustrator)The story of Katsu Goto, a Japanese man who moved to Honokaa, Hawaii, in 1884 to seek his fortune. After three years as a contract laborer on a sugar plantation, Goto became the first Japanese store owner in Honokaa and a respected member of the community, but in 1889, Goto was found lynched after being accused of causing unrest among the laborers that led to the burning of a sugarcane field.
Call Number: Temp. at Course Reserves / Main Collection; 364.134 I965h 2010
The Slanted Screen: Asian Men in Film and Television"This award-winning documentary explores portrayals of Asian men in American cinema, chronicling the experience of actors who have struggled against Hollywood’s ethnic stereotyping and discriminatory practices." 55-minute video.
Aspiring to Home: South Asians in America by Bakirathi Mani"Aspiring to Home explores South Asian immigrants as they create new ethnic identities through popular cultural works that bind together narratives of multicultural and postcolonial citizenship."
You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story (video)"This film tells the fascinating story of a pioneering American entertainer Jack Soo, an Oakland native who became the first Asian American to be cast in the lead role in a regular television series Valentine’s Day (1963), and later starred in the popular comedy show Barney Miller (1975-1978)." 70-minute video.
Bobby Lee: Anti-Stereotype"Comedian/actor Bobby Lee appears on Mad TV in 2003. He plays a stereotype, but he is against the image he plays" 78-second video clip.
Ballad of Yachiyo by Philip Kan Gotanda"A dramatic tale of a young Japanese girl's sexual awakening, and ultimate social downfall, in Hawaii's harsh sugar-cane plantation system of the early twentieth century. In this moving elegy to his own aunt on whose life the story is based, Gotanda juxtaposes the world of traditional Japanese arts, such as pottery and the tea ceremony, with the conflicting social realities of a culture in transition."-
Louder and Faster: Pain, Joy, and the Body Politic in Asian American Taiko by Deborah WongThrough her participatory ethnographic work, . . . [Deborah Wong] reveals a complicated story embedded in memories of Japanese American internment and legacies of imperialism, Asian American identity and politics, a desire to be seen and heard, and the intersection of culture and global capitalism."
World of Ideas: Maya Lin (video)"In this program, the acclaimed sculptor and architect talks with Bill Moyers about a life and a career that have been shaped by her Asian-American heritage and a profound respect and love for the natural environment. (54 minutes)"
Queering Contemporary Asian American Art by Laura Kina (Editor); Jan Christian Bernabe (Editor); Susette Min (Foreword by); Kyoo Lee (Afterword by)This book "brings together artists and scholars to challenge normative assumptions, essentialisms, and methodologies within Asian American art and visual culture. Taken together, these nine original artist interviews, cutting-edge visual artworks, and seven critical essays explore contemporary currents and experiences within Asian American art, including the multiple axes of race and identity, queer bodies and forms, kinship and affect, and digital identities and performances."