Asian/Pacific Islander American Women : : A Historical Anthology / / ed. by Shirley Hune, Gail M. Nomura.
A groundbreaking anthology devoted to Asian / Pacific Islander American women and their experiencesAsian/Pacific Islander American Women is the first collection devoted to the historical study of A/PI women's diverse experiences in America. Covering a broad terrain from pre-large scale Asian em...
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| Year of Publication: | 2003 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Through “Our” Eyes: Asian/Pacific Islander American Women’s History
- Introduction: On Our Terms: Definitions and Context
- Part 1 Re-envisioning Women’s History
- 1 Constructed Images of Native Hawaiian Women
- 2 Unlearning Orientalism Locating Asian and Asian American Women in Family History
- 3 What Happened to the Women? Chinese and Indian Male Migration to the United States in Global Perspective
- 4 Exclusion Acts Chinese Women during the Chinese Exclusion Era, 1882–1943
- 5 Housewives, Men’s Villages, and Sexual Respectability Gender and the Interrogation of Asian Women at the Angel Island Immigration Station
- 6 Redefining the Boundaries of Traditional Gender Roles Korean Picture Brides, Pioneer Korean Immigrant Women, and Their Benevolent Nationalism in Hawai‘i
- Part 3 Recovering Women’s History through Oral History and Journal Writing
- 7 “A Bowlful of Tears” Lee Puey You’s Immigration Experience at Angel Island
- 8 Filipina American Journal Writing Recovering Women’s History
- Part 4 Contesting Cultural Formations and Practices, Constructing New “Hybrid” Lives
- 9 “The Ministering Angel of Chinatown” Missionary Uplift, Modern Medicine, and Asian American Women’s Strategies of Liminality
- 10 Japanese American Girls’ Clubs in Los Angeles during the 1920s and 1930s
- 11 Contested Beauty Asian American Women’s Cultural Citizenship during the Early Cold War Era
- 12 Passed into the Present Women in Hawaiian Entertainment
- Part 5 Reshaping Lives and Communities after Militarism and War
- 13 Imagined Community Sisterhood and Resistance among Korean Military Brides in America, 1950–1996
- 14 Managing Survival Economic Realities for Vietnamese American Women
- 15 Scarred, yet Undefeated Hmong and Cambodian Women and Girls in the United States
- Part 6 Negotiating Globalization,Work, and Motherhood
- 16 Asian Immigrant Women and Global Restructuring, 1970s–1990s
- 17 Politicizing Motherhood Chinese Garment Workers’ Campaign for Daycare Centers in New York City, 1977–1982
- 18 Caring across Borders Motherhood, Marriage, and Filipina Domestic Workers in California
- Part 7 Challenging Community and the State: Contemporary Spaces of Struggle
- 19 Asian1 Lesbians in San Francisco Struggles to Create a Safe Space, 1970s–1980s
- 20 Relocating Struggle: Filipino Nurses Organize in the United States
- 21 Opening Spaces South Asian American Women Leaders in the Late Twentieth Century
- 22 Chamorro Women, Self-Determination, and the Politics of Abortion in Guam
- Part 8 Additional Resources
- 23 Asian American and Pacific Islander American Women as Historical Subjects: A Bibliographic Essay
- 24 “In Her Eyes” An Annotated Bibliography of Video Documentaries on Asian/Pacific Islander American Women
- About the Contributors
- Index