Contemporary Asian American Communities: Intersections and Divergences

Surveys the contours of Asian America.

Acknowledgments Introduction: On Intersections and Divergences Rick Bonus and Linda Trinh Vo Part I: Communities in Transition: Spaces and Practices 1. Asian and Latino Immigration and the Revitalization of Sunset Park, Brooklyn Tarry Hum 2. The Politics and Poetics of a Taiwanese Chinese American Identity Eileen Chia-Ching Fung 3. Southeast Asians in the House: Multiple Layers of Identity Russell Jeung 4. Gay Asian Men in Los Angeles before the 1980s Eric C. Wat 5. Pilipinokaba? Internet Discussions in the Filipino Community Emily Noelle Ignacio Part II: Communities in Transformation: Identities and Generations 6. Pacific Islander Americans and Asian American Identity Debbie Hippolite Wright and Paul Spickard 7. "Eligible" to be Japanese American: Multiraciality in Basket Ball Leagues and Beauty Pageants Rebecca Chiyoko King 8. Young Asian American Professionals in Los Angeles: A Community in Transition Pensri Ho 9. Internalized Stereotypes and Shame: The Struggles of 1.5-Generation Korean Americans in Hawai'i Mary Yu Danico 10. Asian Immigrant Entrepreneurial Children Lisa Sun-Hee Park Part III: Communities of Alternatives: Representations and Politics 11. Imagining Panethnic Community and Performing Identity in Maxine Hong Kingston's Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book Karen Har-Yen Chow 12. Addressing Domestic Violence and the South Asian Community in the United States Margaret Abraham 13. Asian Pacific Americans and Urban Politics Edward J. W. Park 14. The Political and Philanthropic Contexts for Incorporating Asian American Communities Jiannbin Lee Shiao 15. How Public-Policy Reforms Shape, and Reveal the Shape of, Asian America Andrew Leong About the Contributors Index