Category: Asian Diaspora

  • “What are You?”: Explaining Identity as a Goal of the Multiracial Hapa Movement Social Problems Volume 56, Number 4 (November 2009) Pages 722–745 DOI 10.1525/sp.2009.56.4.722 Mary Bernstein, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Connecticut Marcie De la Cruz Empirical Education Inc. This article uses the Hapa movement as a case study in order to provide…

  • Part Asian, 100% Hapa — Originally a derogatory label derived from the Hawaiian word for half, Hapa is now being embraced as a term of pride by many people of Asian or Pacific Rim mixed-race heritage. Award-winning film producer and artist Kip Fulbeck has created a forum in word and image for Hapas to answer…

  • Sexual Naturalization: Asian Americans and Miscegenation Stanford University Press 2005 224 pages Cloth ISBN-10: 0804747288; ISBN-13: 9780804747288 Paper ISBN-10: 0804747296; ISBN-13: 9780804747295 Susan Koshy, Associate Professor of English and Asian American Studies University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Sexual Naturalization offers compelling new insights into the racialized constitution of American nationality. In the first major interdisciplinary study…

  • Mixed Blood: Intermarriage and Ethnic Identity in Twentieth-Century America University of Wisconsin Press December 1989 544 pages 6 x 9, 4 tables Paperback ISBN-10: 0-299-12114-3 Paperback ISBN-13: 978-0-299-12114-3 Paul R. Spickard, Professor of History University of California, Santa Barbara Named an “Outstanding Book on Human Rights in the United States” by the Gustavus Myers Center…

  • Glamour in the Pacific: Cultural Internationalism and Race Politics in the Women’s Pan-Pacific University of Hawai’i Press July 2009 304 pages 15 illustrations Cloth ISBN: 978-0-8248-3342-8 Fiona Paisley, Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia Perspectives on the Global Past Since its inception in 1928, the Pan-Pacific Women’s Association (PPWA) has witnessed…

  • Fluid…: Identity in the Making The Vermont Connection Journal The University of Vermont 2002-07-29 Amiko Matsumoto I get the “what are you” question a lot. I usually get a warning that the question is coming: a tilt of the head, a squint of the eyes, a puzzled look as the wheels turn in my questioner’s…

  • AAST 398M – Multi-Racial Asian Americans University of Maryland Spring 2010 The multiracial American population is increasing exponentially, as are available services and organizations to support it. With these shifts in mind, this class will examine multiracial America yesterday, today, and tomorrow, with an emphasis on multiracial Asian America in particular. Some questions of interest:…

  • ‘After all, I am partly Māori, partly Dalmatian, but first of all I am a New Zealander’ Ethnography Volume 6, Number 4 (December 2005) pages 517-542 DOI: 10.1177/1466138105062477 Senka Božić-Vrbančić The University of Auckland, New Zealand This article explores the complexity of the processes of identity construction for ‘mixed-race’ individuals in New Zealand. It focuses…

  • Living Proof: Is Hawaii the Answer? The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Volume 530, Number 1 (November 1993) pages 137-154 DOI: 10.1177/0002716293530001010 Glen Grant Dennis M. Ogawa, Professor and Department Chair of American Studies University of Hawaii Hawaii has often been heralded for its relatively harmonious race relations, which encompass…

  • Asian Americans: From Racial Category to Multiple Identities Alta Mira Press April 1998 116 pages Cloth: 2 0-7619-9172-7 / 978-0-7619-9172-4  Paper: 2 0-7619-9173-5 / 978-0-7619-9173-1  Juanita Tamayo Lott Does race matter? Having witnessed the civil rights movement and changes in immigration laws, we continue to ask ourselves this complex question. In the United States, racial…