Our voices, our histories : Asian American and Pacific Islander women / edited by Shirley Hune and Gail M. Nomura.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hune, Shirley, editor.

Nomura, Gail M., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asian American women--History.

Asian American women.

Pacific Islander American women--History.

Pacific Islander American women.

Asian American women--Biography.

Pacific Islander American women--Biography.

Asian American women--Social conditions.

Pacific Islander American women--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

History.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 484 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2020]

Summary:

""Our Voices, Our Histories" explores stories of Asian American and Pacific Islander Women."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I Early Era, Indigenous and Global Roots p. 17

1 Malamalama: Reconnecting as Native Hawaiian Women through Cultural History p. 19 / Davianna Pomaika'i McGregor

2 Global Roots and Gendered Routes: Early Asian American Women's History p. 37 / Erika Lee

3 Two Sisters, Two Stories: Transnational Lives of Ume Tsuda and Yona Abiko p. 53 / Masako Iino

Part II New Intersections of Race, Gender, Generation, Communities p. 69

4 "Up to My Elbows in Rice!": Women Building Communities and Sustaining Families in Pre-1965 Filipina/o America p. 71 / Dawn Bohulano Mabalon

5 Stretching the Boundaries of Christian Respectability, Race, and Gender during Jim Crow: Chinese American Women and the Southern Baptist Church p. 87 / Phonshia Nie

6 Stepping Onstage and Breaking Ground: Asian American Dancers Complicate Race and Gender Stereotypes, 1930s-1960s p. 106 / Mana Hayakawa

Part III New Cultural Formations, New Selves p. 123

7 "She Speaks Well": Language as Performance of Japanese American Femininity and Social Mobility in Postwar Hawai'i p. 125 / Christine R. Yano

8 History, Identity, and the Life Course: Mixed Race Asian American Women p. 140 / Cathy J. Tashiro

9 Ancestral Ethics and Samoanness: Explaining the Contemporary Samoan American Women p. 155 / M. Luafata Simanu-Klutz

Part IV Wartimes and Aftermath p. 171

10 Memories of Mass Incarceration: Mobilizing Japanese American Women for Redress and Beyond p. 173 / Alice Yang

11 Refugee Lifemaking Practices: Southeast Asian Women p. 189 / Yen Lê Espiritu

12 "Defiant Daughters": The Resilience and Resistance of 1.5-Generation Vietnamese American Women p. 205 / Linda Trinh Vo

Part V Globalization, Work, Family, Community, Activism p. 221

13 Precarious Labor: Asian Immigrant Women, 1970s-2010s p. 223 / Krittiya Kantachote and Rhacel Salazar Parreñas

14 The Backbone of New York City's Chinatown: Chinese Women and the Garment Industry, 1950-2009 p. 238 / Margaret M. Chin

15 Women's Agency and Cost in Migration: Taiwanese American Transnational Families p. 254 / Maria W. L. Chee

16 "Revolutionary Care" as Activism: Filipina Nurses and Care Workers in Chicago, 1965-2016 p. 269 / Joy Sales

Part VI Spaces of Political Struggles p. 285

17 The Mother's Tongue: Language, Women, and the Chamorros of Guam p. 287 / Sharleen Santos-Bamba and Anne Perez Hattori

18 Asian American Feminisms and Legislative Activism: Patsy Takemoto Mink in the US Congress p. 304 / Judy Tzu-Chun Wu

19 Opening the Path to Marriage Equality: Asian American Lesbians Reach Out to Their Families and Communities p. 321 / Trinity A. Ordona

20 Turning Points: South Asian Feminist Responses to Gender-Based Violence and Immigration Enforcement p. 338 / Monisha Das Gupta and Soniya Munshi

Part VII New Diasporas, Diverse Lives, Evolving Identities p. 355

21 Locating Adoptees in Asian America: Jane Jeong Trenka and Deann Borshay Liem p. 357 / Kimberly D. McKee

22 "Let Them Attack Me for Wearing the Hijab": Islam and Identity in the Lives of Bangladeshi American Women p. 373 / Nazli Kibria

23 Navigating the Hyphen: Tongan-American Women in Academia p. 388 / Halaevalu F. Ofahengaue Vakalahi and Ofa Ku'ulei Lanimekealoha Hafoka

Part VIII Gender, Cultural Change, Intergenerational Dynamics p. 405

24 Linked Lives: Korean American Daughters and Their Aging Immigrant Parents p. 407 / Barbara W. Kim and Grace J. Yoo

25 Negotiating Cultural Change: Professional Hmong American Women p. 423 / Chia Youyee Vang

26 Stories and Visions across Generations: Khmer American Women p. 439 / Shirley Suet-Ling Tang and Kim Soun Ty and Linda Thiem.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781479821105

1479821101

9781479877010

1479877018

OCLC:

1100426040