Category: Asian Diaspora

  • Master of None: How a Hong Kong high-flyer overcame the devastating experience of imprisonment Blacksmith Books October 2011 312 pages colour photo section Size: 14.6 x 21.6 cm Hardback ISBN: ISBN: 978-988-19002-7-2 John Hung Does a man need a stint in jail to complete his life experiences? From Stanley Prison, corporate high-flyer John T. Hung…

  • Race and Justice in Transnational Perspective: “Race in Motion: Traversing the Transnational Emotionscape of White Beauty in Indonesia” Seminar Series: Race and Justice in Transnational Perspective University of California, Merced California Room 5200 North Lake Rd. Merced, California 95343 2013-10-31, 10:30 PDT (Local Time) L. Ayu Saraswati, Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies University of Hawai‘i,…

  • Making the Chinese Mexican: Global Migration, Localism, and Exclusion in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands [DeLeón Review] Journal of American History Volume 99, Issue 4 (March 2013) page 1284 DOI: 10.1093/jahist/jas678 Arnoldo DeLeón, Professor of History Angelo State University, San Angelo Texas Making the Chinese Mexican: Global Migration, Localism, and Exclusion in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands. By Grace…

  • Mixed “Race” in Southeast Asia?: Racial Theories in Competing Empires (Sawyer Seminar V) University of Southern California Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Center for Japanese Religions and Culture University Park Campus Doheny Memorial Library (DML), East Asian Seminar Room (110C) 2013-10-12, 10:00-16:00 PDT (Local Time) USC Conference Convenors: Duncan Williams,…

  • Haji [Cerlette Catton?], a voluptuous actress who played one of three homicidal go-go dancers in Russ Meyer’s 1965 cult film “Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!,” died on Aug. 9 in Southern California. She was 67.

  • “A Universe of Many Worlds”: An Interview with Ruth Ozeki MELUS: Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States Volume 38, Issue 3 (September 2013) pages 160-171 DOI: 10.1093/melus/mlt028 Eleanor Ty, Professor of English and Film Studies Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada That’s what it felt like when I was growing up, like I was a…

  • Art at Wing Luke Museum explores mixed-race heritage The Seattle Times 2013-08-19 Robert Ayers, Special to The Seattle Times The thought-provoking “War Baby/Love Child: Mixed Race Asian-American Art” exhibition is showing at the Wing Luke in Seattle through Jan. 19, 2014. “War Baby/Love Child: Mixed Race Asian-American Art,” currently at the Wing Luke Museum of…

  • ‘Mixed Kids Are Always So Beautiful’ Motherlode: Adventures in Parenting The New York Times 2013-08-19 Nicole Soojung Callahan Like many other people of color, I am no stranger to awkward conversations about race. Strangers have complimented my English, remarked on how tall I am “for an Asian” and — more times than I can count…

  • Two Cities: Guangzhou/Lagos Nokoko Institute of African Studies Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Volume 2 (Fall 2011) pages 174-197 Wendy Thompson Taiwo, Assistant Professor of African American Studies San José State University, San Jose, California I was in Nigeria in May, the year I turned twenty-nine. And aside from the few hours of electricity per day,…

  • Japanese migration to Brazil was part of a peaceful expansionist policy Agência FAPESP: News Agency of the Sao Paulo Research Foundation 2012-07-25 Elton Alisson USP historian Shozo Motoyama makes the above assertion in a study on the first stage of Japanese immigration to Brazil, which covers the process of cultural integration Agência FAPESP – Japanese…