{"id":61454,"date":"2021-10-11T18:21:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T18:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=61454"},"modified":"2021-10-11T18:22:32","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T18:22:32","slug":"sidesplitter-how-to-be-from-two-worlds-at-once","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=61454","title":{"rendered":"Sidesplitter: How to be from Two Worlds at Once"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sidesplitter: How to be from Two Worlds at Once<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Hodder & Stoughton<\/a>
\n2021-09-16
\n304 pages
\nHardcover ISBN-13: 9781529350272
\neBook ISBN-13: 9781529350296
\nAudiobook ISBN-13: 9781529350302<\/p>\n

Phil Wang<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

One of the UK’s<\/a> brightest and best comedians takes an incisive look at race and belonging.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018But where are you really<\/em> from?\u2019<\/p>\n

Phil Wang has been asked this question so many times he\u2019s finally written a book about it.<\/p>\n

In this mix of comic memoir and observational essay, one of the UK\u2019s most exciting stand-up comedians reflects on his experiences as a Eurasian man in the West and in the East. Phil was born in Stoke-on-Trent<\/a>, raised in Malaysia<\/a>, and then came of age in Bath<\/a> \u2013 \u2018a spa town<\/a> for people who find Cheltenham<\/a> too ethnic\u2019.<\/p>\n

Phil takes an incisive look at what it means to be mixed race, as he explores the contrasts between cultures and delves into Britain<\/a> and Malaysia\u2019s shared histories, bringing his trademark cynicism and wit to topics ranging from family, food, and comedy to race, empire, and colonialism<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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