Category: Asian Diaspora

  • We Are a People: Narrative and Multiplicity in Constructing Ethnic Identity Temple University Press January 2000 304 pages 7×10 5 tables 5 figures Paper EAN: 978-1-56639-723-0; ISBN: 1-56639-723-5 edited by Paul Spickard, Professor of History University of California, Santa Barbara and W. Jeffrey Burroughs, Dean of Math and Sciences and Professor of Psychology Brigham Young…

  • Essayist and Poet Paisley Rekdal to Read From Works at Ithaca College Ithaca College Clark Lounge, Egbert Hall 2010-10-05, 19:30 (Local Time) ITHACA, NY — Essayist and poet Paisley Rekdal will give a free public reading from her works on Tuesday, Oct. 5, at Ithaca College. Her presentation, part of the Distinguished Visiting Writers Series,…

  • When you come from a mixed race background as Paisley Rekdal does — her mother is Chinese American and her father is Norwegian– thorny issues of identity politics, and interracial desire are never far from the surface.

  • Diverse Identities in Interracial Relationships: A Multiethnic Interpretation of “Mississippi Masala” and “The Wedding Banquet” Xchanges Volume 4, Number 1 (September 2004) Lan Dong, Assistant Professor of English University of Illinois, Springfield In their introduction to the collection Multiculturalism, Postcoloniality, and Transnational Media, Ella Shohat and Robert Stam point out “much of the work on…

  • Fall 2010 Honors Colloquium: RACE University of Rhode Island Tuesday evenings, 19:00 ET (Local Time); (23:00Z through November; 00:00Z on Wednesday after November 9). 2010-09-14 through 2010-12-07 Edwards Auditorium, URI Kingston Campus A series of public programs at the University of Rhode Island presented by the URI Honors Program Join us! The public is invited…

  • HAFU: a film about the experiences of mixed-race people living in Japan Hafu Film Sneak Preview in Kyoto Institut Franco-Japonais du Kansai, Kyoto, Japan Saturday, 2010-10-23. 19:30 – 22:00 (Local Time) Filmmakers Lara Perez Takagi and Megumi Nishikura David Yano (29). David was born in a small village in Ghana, to a Ghanaian mother and…

  • Being between: can multiracial Americans form a cohesive anti-racist movement beyond identity politics and Tiger Woods chic? ColorLines: Race, Culture, Action 2003-06-22 Sasha Su-Ling Welland, Assistant Professor Anthropology & Women Studies University of Washington So much of being mixed race these days seems about having to explain, always answering “What are you?” for others and…

  • Equally Multiracial? A Study of Asian/Whites and Black/Whites American Sociological Association Annual Meeting Hilton Atlanta and Atlanta Marriott Marquis Atlanta, Georgia 2010-08-13 19 pages Hephzibah Strmic-Pawl University of Virginia In a study with 28 individuals with either Asian/White or Black/White descent I find that all the participants prefer some variation of a multiracial identity. However,…

  • CCIE presents Cedar & Bamboo – Film Première and Panel Discussion University of British Columbia, Point Grey Campus UBC First Nations Longhouse Thursday, 2010-10-14, 12:00-14:30 (Local Time) Sponsored by the Centre for Culture, Identity and Education (CCIE). There are numerous First Nations in what is now British Columbia and Chinese people arrived on BC’s shores…

  • “A Fascinating Interracial Experiment Station”: Remapping the Orient-Occident Divide in Hawai’i American Studies Volume 49, Number 3/4, Fall/Winter 2008 pages 87-109 E-ISSN: 2153-6856 Print ISSN: 0026-3079 Shelley Sang-Hee Lee, Assistant Professor of Comparative American Studies and History Oberlin College Rick Baldoz, Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology Oberlin College Introduction During the 1920s and 1930s, American…