Contemporary Asian American Communities: Intersections And Divergences

by Linda Trinh Vo, Rick Bonus (Contribution by)

Overview

Asian America has undergone profound changes due to post-1965 immigration and the growth and reshaping of established communities. This collection of essays demonstrates that conventional notions of community are not enough to explain the dynamic processes of contemporary community formation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781566399388
Publisher:	Temple University Press
Publication date:	04/10/2002
Series:	Asian American History & Cultu
Edition description:	1
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

On Intersections and Divergences: Introduction
Part I: Communities in Transition: Spaces and Practices
1. Asian and Latino Immigration and the Revitalization of Sunset Park, Brooklyn
2. The Politics and Poetics of a Taiwanese-Chinese American Identity
3. Southeast Asians in the House: Multiple Layers of Identity
4. Gay Asian Men in Los Angeles Before the 1980s
5. Pilipino ka ba? Internet Discussions in the Filipino Community
Part II: Communities in Transformation: Identities and Generations
6. Pacific Islander Americans and Asian American Identity
7. Eligible to be Japanese American: Multiraciality in Japanese American Basketball Leagues and Beauty Pageants
8. Young Asian American Professionals in Los Angeles
9. The Construction and Transformation of the Korean American Community Among the 1.5 Generation in Hawai'i
10. Asian Immigrant Entrepreneurial Children
Part III: Communities of Alternatives: Representations and Politics
11. Imagining Panethnic Community and Performing Identity in Maxine Hong Kingston's Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book
12. Domestic Violence and the Model Minority Community Identity of South Asians in the United States
13. Asian Pacific Americans and Urban Politics
14. Political and Philanthropic Contexts for Incorporating Asian American Communities
15. How Public Policy Reforms Shape, and Reveal the Shape of Asian America
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