Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xiii
1 Situating Asian America
1 When and Where I Enter Gary Y. Okihiro 3
2 Neither Black nor White Angelo N. Ancheta 21
3 Detroit Blues: “Because of You Motherfuckers” Helen Zia 35
4 A Dialogue on Racial Melancholia David L. Eng Shinhee Han 55
5 Home Is Where the Han Is: A Korean American Perspective on the Los Angeles Upheavals Elaine H. Kim 80
6 Recognizing Native Hawaiians: A Quest for Sovereignty Davianna Pomaika'i McGregor 99
7 Situating Asian Americans in the Political Discourse on Affirmative Action Michael Omi Dana Takagi 118
8 Racism: From Domination to Hegemony Howard Winant 126
2 History and Memory
9 The Chinese Are Coming. How Can We Stop Them? Chinese Exclusion and the Origins of American Gatekeeping Erika Lee 143
10 Public Health and the Mapping of Chinatown Nayan Shah 168
11 The Secret Munson Report Michi Nishiura Weglyn 193
12 Asian American Struggles for Civil, Political, Economic, and Social Rights Sucheng Chan 213
13 Out of the Shadows: Camptown Women, Military Brides, and Korean (American) Communities Ji-Yeon Yuh 239
14 The Cold War Origins of the Model Minority Myth Robert G. Lee 256
15 Why China? Identifying Histories of Transnational Adoption Sara Dorow 272
16 The “Four Prisons” and the Movements of Liberation: Asian American Activism from the 1960s to the 1990s Glenn Omatsu 298
3 Culture, Politics, and Society
17 Youth Culture, Citizenship, and Globalization: South Asian Muslim Youth in the United States after September 11th Sunaina Maira 333
18 Asian Immigrant Women and Global Restructuring, 1970s–1990s Rhacel Salazar Parreñas 354
19 Medical, Racist, and Colonial Constructions of Power in Anne Fadiman's The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down Monica Chiu 370
20 Searching for Community: Filipino Gay Men in New York City Martin F. Manalansan IV 393
21 How to Rehabilitate a Mulatto: The Iconography of Tiger Woods Hiram Perez 405
22 Occult Racism: The Masking of Race in the Hmong Hunter Incident: A Dialogue between Anthropologist Louisa Schein Filmmaker/Activist Va-Megn Thoj 423
23 Collateral Damage: Southeast Asian Poverty in the United States Eric Tang 454
4 Pedagogies and Possibilities
24 Whither Asian American Studies? Suckeng Chan 477
25 Freedom Schooling: Reconceptualizing Asian American Studies for Our Communities Glenn Omatsu 496
26 Asians on the Rim: Transnational Capital and Local Community in the Making of Contemporary Asian America Arif Dirlik 515
27 Crafting Solidarities Vijay Prashad 540
28 We Will Not Be Used: Are Asian Americans the Racial Bourgeoisie? Mari Matsuda 558
29 The Struggle over Parcel C: How Boston's Chinatown Won a Victory in the Fight Against Institutional Expansionism and Environmental Racism Andrew Leong 565
30 Race Matters in Civic Engagement Work Jean Y. Wu 581
31 Homes, Borders, and Possibilities Yen Le Espiritu 603
Biographical Notes 623
Copyrights and Permissions 627
Index 631
