Contemporary Asian American Communities

Linda Trinh Vo is Associate Professor of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Irvine.Rick Bonus, Associate Professor of American Ethnic Studies at the University of Washington, is the author of Locating Filipino Americans: Ethnicity and the Cultural Politics of Space (Temple).

"Linda Vo and Rick Bonus identify the importance of 'everyday spaces' as critical sites for understanding changes occurring in Asian Pacific American communities. Essays in this book cover a wide range of topics, including youth, ethnically diverse populations, professional sectors, gays and lesbians, the urban poor, and multiracial communities. The editors stimulate and provoke new thinking about the ways that our communities are responding to developments in politics, technology, and cultural production."-Glenn Omatsu, Associate Editor, Amerasia Journal, UCLA Asian American Studies Center, and co-editor of Asian Americans: The Movement and Moment "The strength of this book is its emphasis on specific case studies that shed light on concrete dimensions of Asian America, and in this way, Vo and Bonus bring fresh tangibility to the lived experiences of Asian Americans."-The Journal of American Ethnic History "The book delivers on its promise to demonstrate the diversity of Asian American culture by offering a veritable fest of material dealing with many aspects of the cultural experiences of Asian Americans."-Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare "This collection makes for an interesting read and can be useful for undergraduate instruction."-Social Forces

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: On Intersections and Divergences - Rick Bonus and Linda Trinh VoPart I: Communities in Transition: Spaces and Practices1. Asian and Latino Immigration and the Revitalization of Sunset Park, Brooklyn - Tarry Hum2. The Politics and Poetics of a Taiwanese Chinese American Identity - Eileen Chia-Ching Fung3. Southeast Asians in the House: Multiple Layers of Identity - Russell Jeung4. Gay Asian Men in Los Angeles before the 1980s - Eric C. Wat5. Pilipinokaba? Internet Discussions in the Filipino Community - Emily Noelle IgnacioPart II: Communities in Transformation: Identities and Generations6. Pacific Islander Americans and Asian American Identity - Debbie Hippolite Wright and Paul Spickard7. "Eligible" to be Japanese American: Multiraciality in Basket Ball Leagues and Beauty Pageants - Rebecca Chiyoko King8. Young Asian American Professionals in Los Angeles: A Community in Transition - Pensri Ho9. Internalized Stereotypes and Shame: The Struggles of 1.5-Generation Korean Americans in Hawai'i - Mary Yu Danico10. Asian Immigrant Entrepreneurial Children - Lisa Sun-Hee ParkPart III: Communities of Alternatives: Representations and Politics11. Imagining Panethnic Community and Performing Identity in Maxine Hong Kingston's Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book - Karen Har-Yen Chow12. Addressing Domestic Violence and the South Asian Community in the United States - Margaret Abraham13. Asian Pacific Americans and Urban Politics - Edward J. W. Park14. The Political and Philanthropic Contexts for Incorporating Asian American Communities - Jiannbin Lee Shiao15. How Public-Policy Reforms Shape, and Reveal the Shape of, Asian America - Andrew LeongAbout the ContributorsIndex