Category: Asian Diaspora

  • The Melanin Millennium: Skin Color as 21st Century International Discourse Springer 2013 348 pages 32 illustrations Hardcover ISBN 978-94-007-4607-7 eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-4608-4 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4608-4 Edited by: Ronald E. Hall, Professor of Social Work Michigan State University Addresses the issue of skin color in a worldwide context Discusses the introduction of new forms of visual media…

  • Mixed Race Across the Pacific University of Southern California Freshman Seminars Spring 2013 Duncan Williams, Associate Professor of Religion In an era when a mixed-race President of the United States proudly proclaims himself as the first Pacific President of America, how might we rethink the study of race in a global, rather than merely a…

  • 346-Comparative Ethnic Literatures (Reg. No. 22253) University of Buffalo, The State University of New York Spring 2013 Susan Muchshima Moynihan, Assistant Professor of English This course brings together Asian American and African American texts to destabilize our understandings of race; to situate racial formations in political and historical moments marked by the intersections of race,…

  • Historicising Whiteness: From the Case of Late Colonial India Critical Race and Whiteness Studies Australian Critical Race and Whiteness Studies Association Volume 2, Number 1 (2006) Whiteness and the Horizons of Race Satoshi Mizutani It has been a while since critical race and whiteness studies have disseminated the now-familiar notion that whiteness is not a…

  • Multiethnic Children, Youth, and Families: Emerging Challenges to the Behavioral Sciences and Public Policy Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Studies Volume 62, Issue 1 (February 2013) (Special Issue on Multiethnic Families) pages 1–4 DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2012.00760.x Hamilton I. McCubbin University of Hawaii, Manoa Laurie “Lali” D. McCubbin, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Counseling…

  • Self-concept and parental values: influences on the ethnic identity development of biracial children San Jose State University August 1994 46 pages Julie Mari Oka A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Department of Psychology San Jose State University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts In this thesis self-concept…

  • Interracial Encounters: Reciprocal Representations in African and Asian American Literatures, 1896-1937 New York University Press October 2011 228 pages Hardcover ISBN: 9780814752555 Paper ISBN: 9780814752562 Julia H. Lee, Assistant Professor of English and Asian American Studies University of Texas, Austin 2013 Honorable Mention, Asian American Studies Association’s prize in Literary Studies Why do black characters…

  • MFA Thesis Choreographies Davis Life Magazine Davis, California 2013-02-28 UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance is proud to present MFA Thesis Choreographies: “Ligilo” by Jarrell Iu-Hui Chua, in collaboration with Bobby August Jr., travels through the worlds of memories, dreams and present realities to investigate touch and its effects on relationships; “Transmutation” by Christine…

  • MMXLII Viewpoint: What Are You? MMXLII: the power of diversity 2013-03-01 Joel Wacks Our guest correspondent Joel Wacks is back with another intriguing article as he takes time to reflect on his personal life. As a person of mixed race there is a common question he seems to always be asked, and for one reason…

  • Bengali Harlem: Author documents a lost history of immigration in America In America: You define America. What defines you? Cable News Network (CNN) 2013-02-15 Editor’s note: CNN’s Moni Basu, a Bengali immigrant, was born in Kolkata, India. Moni Basu (CNN) – In the next few weeks, Fatima Shaik, an African-American, Christian woman, will travel “home”…