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

Other author Hune, Shirley editor.
Other author Nomura, Gail M., editor.
Format Book
PublicationNew York : New York University Press, [2020]
Descriptionix, 484 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction: Our voices / Gail M. Nomura -- Introduction: Our histories / Shirley Hune -- Mālamalama: Reconnecting as Native Hawaiian women through cultural history / Davianna Pōmaika'i McGregor -- Global roots and gendered routes: Early Asian American women's history / Erika Lee -- Two sisters, two stories: Transnational lives of Ume Tsuda and Yona Abiko / Masako Iino -- "Up to my elbows in rice!": Women building communities and sustaining families in Pre-1965 Filipina/o America / Dawn Bohulano Mabalon -- Stretching the boundaries of Christian respectability, race, and gender during Jim Crow: Chinese American women and the Southern Baptist Church / Phonshia Nie -- Stepping onstage and breaking ground: Asian American dancers complicate race and gender stereotypes, 1930s-1960s / Mana Hayakawa -- "She speaks well": Language as performance of Japanese American femininity and social mobility in postwar Hawai'i / Christine R. Yano -- History, identity, and life course: mixed race Asian American women / Cathy J. Tashiro -- Ancestral ethics and Sāmoanness: Explaining the contemporary Sāmoan American Women / M. Luafata Simau-Klutz -- Memories of mass incarceration: Mobilizing Japanese American women for redress and beyond / Alice Yang -- Refugee lifemaking practices: Southeast Asian women / Yn Lê Espiritu -- "Defiant daughters": The resilience and resistance of 1.5-generation Vietnamese American women / Linda Trinh Vō -- Precarious labor: Asian immigrant women, 1970s-2010s / Krittiya Kantachote and Rhacel Salazar Parreñas -- The backbone of New York City's Chinatown: Chinese Women and the garment industry, 1950-2009 / Margaret M. Chin -- Women's agency and cost in migration: Taiwanese American Transnational families / Maria W. L. Chee -- "Revolutionary care" as activism: Filipina nurses and care workers in Chicago, 1965-2016 / Joy Sales -- The mother's tongue: Language, women, and the Chamorros of Guam / Sharleen Santos-Bamba and Anne Perez Hattori -- Asian American feminisms and legislative activism: Patsy Takemoto Mink in the US Congress / Judy Tzu-Chun Wu -- Opening the path to marriage equality: Asian American lesbians reach out to their families and communities / Trinity A. Ordona -- Turning Points: South Asian feminist responses to gender-based violence and immigration enforcement / Monisha Das Gupta and Soniya Munshi -- Locating adoptees in Asian America: Jane Jeong Trenka and Deann Borshay Liem / Kimberly D. McKee -- "Let them attack me for wearing the Hijab": Islam and identity in the lives of Bangladeshi American women / Nazli Kibria -- Navigating the hyphen: Tongan-American women in academia / Halaevalu F. Ofahengaue Vakalahi and Ofa Ku'ulei Lanimekealoha Hafako -- Linked lives: Korean American daughters and their aging immigrant parents / Barbara W. Kim and Grace J. Yoo -- Negotiating cultural change: Professional Hmong American women / Chia Youyee Vang -- Stories and visions across generations: Khmer American women / Shirley Suet-Ling Tang, Kim Soun Ty, and Linda Thiem -- Reflections / Shriley Hune and Gail M. Nomura.
Abstract ""Our Voices, Our Histories" explores stories of Asian American and Pacific Islander Women."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/formBiographies.
Genre/formHistory.
Genre/formBiographies.
LCCN 2019009449
ISBN9781479821105 (hardcover alkaline paper)
ISBN1479821101 (hardcover alkaline paper)
ISBN9781479877010 (paperback alkaline paper)
ISBN1479877018 (paperback alkaline paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks E184.A75 O97 2020 ✔ Available Place Hold