Tag: LeiLani Nishime

  • Kaya Press is thrilled to announce the official publication of Hapa Japan: History Vol. 1 and Hapa Japan: History Vol. 2 edited by Duncan Ryūken Williams.

  • The film Kiku and Isamu (1959) was one of the first cinematic depictions of mixed-race children in postwar Japan, telling the story of two protagonists facing abandonment by two different Black GI fathers and ostracism from Japanese society. Bringing together studies of the representations of the Hapa Japanese experience in culture, Hapa Japan: Identities &…

  • Review: Leilani Nishime’s Undercover Asian: Multiracial Asian Americans in Visual Culture Slant 2014-02-03 Clayton Dillard, Staff Critic In 2003, The New York Times published an article entitled “Generation E.A.” which discussed the emergent role of multiracial people in advertising campaigns and concluded by suggesting that they’re an emerging racial category and a stepping-stone key to…

  • American Pop Culture Hides, Reveals Multiracial Asian-Americans Voice of America 2014-08-03 Jim Stevenson The discussion of race in the United States has always been complex and often difficult. Yet in an overwhelmingly large percentage of families, it is not difficult to find some evidence of a multiracial influence. LeiLani Nishime is assistant professor of communications…

  • LeiLani Nishime explores the Asian American experience in her new book The Seattle Globalist 2014-03-25 Diane Han University of Washington We understand that race doesn’t exist biologically, but it doesn’t mean that race isn’t real. “We think we see race because it exists in the world, but really, we learn to see race,” says LeiLani…

  • Representations of mixed race Asian Americans in popular culture

  • Why isn’t College for Learning About Mixed-Race Identities? Racism Review: scholarship and activism toward racial justice 2014-03-08 Sharon Chang There are some incredible opportunities out there right now to get certificates, higher ed and even advanced degrees specializing in the experience of Americans of color. Want a degree in Asian American Studies? Sure. How about…

  • How to Rehabilitate a Mulatto: The Iconography of Tiger Woods Chapter in East Main Street: Asian American Popular Culture (pages 222-245) New York University Press May 2005 382 pages 29 illustrations Cloth ISBN: 9780814719626 Paperback ISBN: 9780814719633 Edited By: Shilpa Davé, Assistant Dean, College of Arts and Sciences; Assistant Professor of Media Studies and American Studies…

  • Is George Zimmerman white, Latino or mixed race? Depends on who you ask. The Seattle Globalist: Where Seattle Meets the World 2013-08-01 Leilani Nishime, Assistant Professor of Communications University of Washington, Seattle It’s been nearly two weeks since the George Zimmerman verdict was handed down, and the conversations in my Facebook feed have shifted from…

  • The Case for Cablinasian: Multiracial Naming From Plessy to Tiger Woods Communication Theory Volume 22, Issue 1 (February 2012) pages 92–111 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2885.2011.01399.x LeiLani Nishime, Assistant Professor of Communication University of Washington, Seattle This article advocates for the interdisciplinary use of critical race theory and critical rhetorical theory in communication to analyze racialized language and…