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The State of Asian America
Activism and Resistance in the 1990s
Karin Aguilar-San Juan (Editor); David Henry Hwang (Foreword)
Pages: 395ISBN: 0-89608-476-0
Format: paper
Release Date: 1994-01-01
This book is also available in cloth
This groundbreaking collection of essays gives voices to contemporary Asian American activism, and offers thoughtful, radical analyses on a range of pressing issues, including domestic violence, neo-conservatism, the social construction of race, and the politics of Asian American Studies.
Praise
"In addition to academics, contributors include visual and performing artists,
and community activists and leaders. The resulting multiplicity of voices and
perspectives are bound together by a progressive political agenda. Many of the
essays are fun, exhilarating, and provocative as well as enlightening."
—Choice
"Every essay in the State of Asian America brings the reader to a new plateau
of understanding....All the essays are thought-provoking, disturbing, and enlightening.
Every writer is worth the read."
—Korean Quarterly
"[A] lot is at stake in recovering cultural memory and political history. Aguilar-San
Juan's edition provides us models for grassroots political action"
—Tim Limbretti, Against the Current