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Revealing the modernity of Shakespeare’s politics, and the theatricality of Trump’s
"In the nineteenth century, Paris was redesigned in ways intended to exercise social control over its citizens. This effort to control certain kinds of interactions, however, created new spaces that female prostitutes and men who sought sex with other men could use for public sex"--
Offers multifaceted explorations of how Chinese Americans have shaped their ethnic culture and identities to claim recognition in America's multiracial, multicultural democratic state.
Fifteen stories told by young Vietnamese who came to the US after the fall of Saigon and during the "boat people" exodus are contextualized within a history of Vietnam and the international politics of refugee resettlement. This work also presents a history of Vietnam.
A collection of essays which examine the ways in which the colonial history of the Philippines has shaped Filipino American identity, culture, and community formation. It shows how an understanding of this history provides a foundation for theoretical frameworks for Filipino American studies.
Employs contemporary and traditional readings of representative works of prose, poetry, and drama to establish the ongoing significance of these works to the American literary canon.
Tells the life story of Dora Yum Kim. In this title, the author reflects on how Dora's story relates to her own experience as a Korean-American who immigrated to this country as an adult - she carves around Dora's compelling and courageous life story, a story of her own and one of all Korean-Americans.
Filipino Americans are the second largest group of Asian Americans as well as the second largest immigrant group in the United States. This collection reflects on their lives, which represent the diversity of the immigrant experience and their narratives are a way to understand ethnic identity and Filipino American history.
Monterey Park, California, was dubbed by the media as the "First Suburban Chinatown." This book reports on how pervasive anti-Asian sentiment fueled a series of initiatives intended to strengthen "community control. It also explores how race and ethnicity issues are used as political organizing tools and weapons.
Between 1870 and 1942, successive generations of Asians and Asian Americans predominantly Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino formed the predominant body of workers in the Pacific Coast canned-salmon industry. This study traces the shifts in the ethnic and gender composition of the cannery labor market from its origins through it decline.
Chronicles these important cultural artifacts and their collection, cataloging, preservation, and distribution.
Answers the question: Toward what end and for whom is Atlanta's regional planning process working?
How the Tiananmen Square protest and massacre haunts the work of writers in the Chinese diaspora
How gender shapes cultural production in Viet Nam and its diaspora
Based on the interviews with eighty people who have epilepsy, this book presents an account of what it is like to cope with a chronic illness, while working, playing, and building relationships. It recounts how people discover they have epilepsy and what it means and how families respond to someone labeled 'epileptic'.
A magisterial overview of the history of the fight for leisure in the United States
Against a backdrop of war and anti-Catholic sentiment, one man loses his rights due to false accusations against him. This title recounts the civil right abuses suffered by Sylvester Andriano, an Italian American Catholic civil leader whose religious and political activism in San Francisco provoked an Anti-Catholic campaign against him.
How popular music reflects the contradictions and dreams of communities searching for more sustainable ways to live
Provides a savvy cultural, historical, and media-based analysis that shows how Fu Manchu's irrepressibility gives shape to - and reinforces - the persistent Yellow Peril myth.
Throughout U.S. history, our unrealized civic aspirations provide the essential counterpoint to an excessive focus on private interests of Technology.
Between 1870 and 1942, successive generations of Asians and Asian Americans predominantly Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino formed the predominant body of workers in the Pacific Coast canned-salmon industry. This study traces the shifts in the ethnic and gender composition of the cannery labor market from its origins through it decline.
Defining the main principles of a distinct African philosophy, this work rejects the idea that an African philosophy consists simply of the work of Africans writing on philosophy. It argues that critical analyses of specific traditional African modes of thought are necessary to develop a distinctively African philosophy.
How veterinarians and pet owners manage companion animal euthanasia
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