Our voices, our histories : Asian American and Pacific Islander women / edited by Shirley Hune and Gail M. Nomura.
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- Language:
- English
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- 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:
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- 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:
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- 9781479821105
- 1479821101
- 9781479877010
- 1479877018
- OCLC:
- 1100426040
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