Re/collecting Early Asian America: Essays in Cultural History

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Josephine D. Lee, Imogene L. Lim, Yuko Matsukawa
Temple University Press, 2002 - History - 368 pages
Asks readers to reconsider who represents Asian America and what its history constitutes. Defining the early period as spanning the nineteenth century and the 1960s, the essays address the Asian American individuals and communities that have been omitted from "official" histories; trace the roots of persistent racial stereotypes and myths; and retrieve artistic production that raises questions of what counts as "art" or as Asian American. By reconsidering the political, cultural, and material history written in the past three decades, contributes to a new understanding of Asian America's past and relationship to the present.

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About the author (2002)

Josephine Lee is Associate Professor of English at the University of Minnesota and the author of Performing Asian America (Temple).Imogene Lim is University-College Professor of Anthroplogy at Malaspina University.Yuko Matsukawa has taught American literature and women's studies at Rhode Island College, Tufts University, and the State University of New York at Brockport.Contributors: Guy Beauregard, Tina Chen, Fabiana Chiu-Rinaldi, Catherine Ceniza Choy, Robert Cooperman, Helena Grice, Lane Ryo Hirabayshi, Amy Ling, Edward Marx, Adam McKeown, Mae M. Ngai, Jeanette Roan, Randal Rohe, Rajini Srikanth, Emma J. Teng, Guanhua Wang, Meredith Wood, and the editors.

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