Category: Asian Diaspora

  • Communication Accommodation Strategies in Malaysian Multiracial Family Interactions Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences Volume 118 (2014-03-19) pages 259–264 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.02.035 International Conference on Knowledge-Innovation-Excellence: Synergy in Language Research and Practice (2013) Organized by School of Language Studies and Linguistics, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (National University of Malaysia) Mahanita Mahadhir…

  • Chinese Cubans: A transnational history by Kathleen Lopez (review) [Roopnarine] Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History Volume 15, Number 1, Spring 2014 DOI: 10.1353/cch.2014.0018 Lomarsh Roopnarine, Associate Professor of Latin American and Caribbean History Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi López, Kathleen, Chinese Cubans: A Transnational History (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2013) Without…

  • Abuse of Modernity: Japanese Biological Determinism and Identity Management in Colonial Korea Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review Number 10, March 2014 26 pages Mark Caprio Rikkyo University, Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan Medical researcher Kubo Takeshi’s contributions to professional publications, such as Chōsen igakkai zasshi (The Korean medical journal), and more popular magazines, such as…

  • Michael David Kwan, Things That Must Not Be Forgotten: A Childhood in Wartime China, reviewed by Yuxin Ma International Journal of China Studies Volume 4, Number 1, April 2013 pages 169-171 Yuxin Ma, Associate Professor of East Asian History University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky Michael David Kwan, Things That Must Not Be Forgotten: A Childhood…

  • Things That Must Not Be Forgotten is a beautifully written collection of Michael David Kwan’s childhood experiences in China during the 1930s and 1940s. Born into privilege, David saw his pampered life disintegrate as the Japanese overran China. His father, the wealthy administrator for China’s railroads, took a position in the pro-Japanese government to work…

  • Transpacific Mixed-Race Literatures: A Reading and Dialogue (Sawyer Seminar IX) University of Southern California, University Park Campus Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) Room 351/352 Sunday, 2014-04-06, 10:00-17:00 PDT (Local Time) How do Transpacific mixed-race authors inscribe and represent their heritage in their artistic representations? Are there common tropes or literary forms that inform these novels?…

  • Bung Mokhtar: Mixed-race Malaysians will benefit from racial voting Malay Mail Online Petaling Jaya, Malaysia 2014-04-01 Zurairi AR UALA LUMPUR, Apr 1 — Malaysians with mixed-race parentage will benefit the most from voting along racial lines as they will have more than one representative, Kinabatangan MP Datuk Bung Mokhtar Radin said today. The Barisan Nasional…

  • ‘Stretching out the categories’: Chinese/European narratives of mixedness, belonging and home in Singapore Ethnicities Volume 14, Number 2 (April 2014) pages 279-302 DOI: 10.1177/1468796813505554 Zarine L. Rocha, Research Scholar Department of Sociology National University of Singapore Racial categorization is important in everyday interactions and state organization in Singapore. Increasingly, the idea of ‘mixed race’ and…

  • The Journal of Critical Mixed Race Studies inaugural issue is now available Journal of Critical Mixed Race Studies Volume 1, Number 1 (2014-01-30) ISSN: 2325-4521 Laura Kina, Associate Professor Art, Media and Design and Director Asian American Studies DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois G. Reginald Daniel, Professor of Sociology University of California at Santa Barbaral Saya…

  • Interview with upcoming CultureFest Performer Laura Kina Multiracial Network Blog 2014-03-07 To start us off, we have an interview from our CultureFest performer Laura Kina! As can also be found on her website (http://www.laurakina.com/) Laura is an artist and scholar who focuses “on the fluidity of cultural difference and the slipperiness of identity”. With subjects…