Asian Americans in Michigan : voices from the Midwest / edited by Sook Wilkinson and Victor Jew.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wilkinson, Sook, editor.

Jew, Victor, editor.

Series:

Great Lakes books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asian Americans--Michigan--History.

Asian Americans.

Asian Americans--Michigan--Social conditions.

Immigrants--Michigan--History.

Immigrants.

Ethnic relations.

Social conditions.

History.

Michigan.

Immigrants--Michigan--Social conditions.

Michigan--Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

xviii, 370 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2015]

Summary:

In Asian Americans in Michigan: Voices from the Midwest, editors Sook Wilkinson and Victor Jew have assembled forty-one diverse contributors to give an intimate glimpse into Michigan's Asian American communities. Contributors create a fuller picture of these often overlooked groups, including the historical and demographic origins of Michigan's Asian American communities, experiences in memory and legacy keeping, particular aspects of community culture and heritage, and prospects and hopes for the future. Book jacket.

Contents:

I Taking Soundings of Asian America in Michigan: Introduction to Part I / Victor Jew Jew, Victor 9

1 A Demographic Portrait of Asian Americans in Michigan / Kurt R. Metzger Metzger, Kurt R. 12

2 Asian Americans and Michigan: A Long Transnational Legacy / Victor Jew Jew, Victor 20

3 "Tell 'Em You're from Detroit": Chinese Americans in the Model City / Chelsea Zuzindlak Zuzindlak, Chelsea 50

4 "Ambassadors" in the Heartland: Asian American Racial and Regional Identity Formations in Michigan / Barbara W. Kim Kim, Barbara W. 70

5 Genealogy of a Detroit Childhood / Min Hyoung Song Song, Min Hyoung 99

II Legacy Keeping and Memory Keepers: Introduction to Part II / Victor Jew Jew, Victor 117

6 The Making of an Asian American Detroiter / Grace Lee Boggs Boggs, Grace Lee 120

7 Three Legacy Keepers: The Voices of Chinese, Korean, and Indo-American Michiganders / Tai Chan Chan, Tai, Tukyul Andrew Kim Kim, Tukyul Andrew, Kul B. Gauri Gauri, Kul B. 131

8 The History of Nikkei (Japanese) in Detroit / Toshiko Shimoura Shimoura, Toshiko 142

9 From Hammered-Down Nail to Squeaky Cog: The Modern Japanese American Experience in Detroit / Asae Shichi Shichi, Asae 149

10 Bangladeshis in Hamtramck / Durriya Meer Meer, Durriya 163

11 A Brief History of Filipino Americans in Michigan / Emily P. Lawsin Lawsin, Emily P., Joseph A. Galura Galura, Joseph A. 170

III Culture and Heritage: Introduction to Part III / Sachi Koto Koto, Sachi 177

12 How to Cook Like a Banana / Anna M. Shin Shin, Anna M. 180

13 My Mother and the Kimchee Jar / Kook-Wha Koh Koh, Kook-Wha 185

14 Going Back to Chinese School / Frances Kai-Hwa Wang Wang, Frances Kai-Hwa 189

15 Mediating through Memory: The Hmong in Michigan / Jeffrey Vang Vang, Jeffrey 197

IV Life Journeys: Introduction to Part IV / Pratyusha Tummala-Narra Tummala-Narra, Pratyusha 213

16 Growing Up in Michigan / Lawrence G. Almeda Almeda, Lawrence G. 216

17 Shoveling and Heaving: Michigan's Manangs and Manongs / Emily P. Lawsin Lawsin, Emily P. 222

18 Adoption as Crucible / Jen Hilzinger Hilzinger, Jen 225

19 The Long Homecoming: Being Chinese and American in Michigan / Katherine M. Lee Lee, Katherine M. 233

20 My Family's Experience of the Japanese American Internment Camps / Dylan Sugiyama Sugiyama, Dylan 238

21 Growing Up Hapa in Ann Arbor / Lynet Uttal Uttal, Lynet 246

22 The Apology / Catherine Chung Chung, Catherine 252

23 Cars, Prejudice, and God / Kyo Takahashi Takahashi, Kyo 257

24 A Journey Begins on April 30, 1975: Being Vietnamese American in Michigan / Mimi Doan-Trang Nguyen Nguyen, Mimi Doan-Trang 271

25 A Strange Land / Elaine Lok Lok, Elaine 278

26 Day Remembered / Ti-Hua Chang Chang, Ti-Hua 280

V Contemporary Prospects and Voices of the Future: Introduction to Part V / Christine Chen Chen, Christine 283

27 Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education in Michigan / Leslie E. Wong Wong, Leslie E., Brianna Reckeweg Reckeweg, Brianna 286

28 Political Engagement of Michigan Asian Americans / Sook Wilkinson Wilkinson, Sook 295

29 Arirang / Kira A. Donnell Donnell, Kira A. 303

30 Five Seconds / Sheila Xiong Xiong, Sheila 310

31 A Search for Hyerim / Rachel Hyerim Sisco Sisco, Rachel Hyerim 313

32 Politics Runs in the Family / Samir Singh Singh, Samir 319

33 Unconscious and Unrecognized / Emily Hsiao Hsiao, Emily 325.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780814332818

0814332811

OCLC:

891609602