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26. Of Railroads, Camps, and Strip Malls: Symbolic Landscapes of the San Gabriel Valley

© University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu

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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. 1. California Dreaming: An Introduction 1
  4. 2. Sensual Labor of Claiming Place 17
  5. 3. Bohulano Family Binangkal 29
  6. 4. 100 Tiki Notes 35
  7. 5. Cambodian Classical Dance: Unsettlement, Authenticity, Affect, and Exclusion 45
  8. 6. Lao Fighters/Refugee Nation 54
  9. 7. 21 Reasons Why This Movie Sucks 68
  10. 8. From the Island of Berkeley: Hawaiian Belonging in California 74
  11. 9. Somewhere Tropical 87
  12. 10. Dreamers: A Dialogue on Education Rights and the Movement for Undocumented Migrants 93
  13. 11. Claiming Malibu: Indian Diasporic Dancing Bodies Aligning Geographies across Time and Space 101
  14. 12. Oh, Angelita Garcia! 110
  15. 13. Moving Tradition: Alleluia Panis and Kularts 124
  16. 14. Tips for Bus Riding in Los Angeles (excerpted from Going Green the Wong Way) 134
  17. 15. Reels 142
  18. 16. Vacuuming Dreams 150
  19. 17. L.A. Dreaming in Taipei 155
  20. 18. Poems 166
  21. 19. “Parents’ Fairytale”: Excerpt from Self (The Remix) 170
  22. 20. Traveling Subjects and the Subject of Travel in Vietnamese Diasporic Films 187
  23. 21. Photographs from Live and Online Performances 200
  24. 22. Abstraction 2: Television Sitcom from DentalOptics 205
  25. 23. Generations Within: Los Angeles 1992 and South Korean 8008 220
  26. 24. Golden States of Mind: Cambodian and Vietnamese Artistic Organizing in Southern California and Southeast Asia 236
  27. 25. Excerpts from D’FunQT 252
  28. 26. Of Railroads, Camps, and Strip Malls: Symbolic Landscapes of the San Gabriel Valley 261
  29. 27. Where You’ve Been: An Epilogue 280
  30. Bibliography 293
  31. Contributors 303
California Dreaming
This chapter is in the book California Dreaming
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824883546-026

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. 1. California Dreaming: An Introduction 1
  4. 2. Sensual Labor of Claiming Place 17
  5. 3. Bohulano Family Binangkal 29
  6. 4. 100 Tiki Notes 35
  7. 5. Cambodian Classical Dance: Unsettlement, Authenticity, Affect, and Exclusion 45
  8. 6. Lao Fighters/Refugee Nation 54
  9. 7. 21 Reasons Why This Movie Sucks 68
  10. 8. From the Island of Berkeley: Hawaiian Belonging in California 74
  11. 9. Somewhere Tropical 87
  12. 10. Dreamers: A Dialogue on Education Rights and the Movement for Undocumented Migrants 93
  13. 11. Claiming Malibu: Indian Diasporic Dancing Bodies Aligning Geographies across Time and Space 101
  14. 12. Oh, Angelita Garcia! 110
  15. 13. Moving Tradition: Alleluia Panis and Kularts 124
  16. 14. Tips for Bus Riding in Los Angeles (excerpted from Going Green the Wong Way) 134
  17. 15. Reels 142
  18. 16. Vacuuming Dreams 150
  19. 17. L.A. Dreaming in Taipei 155
  20. 18. Poems 166
  21. 19. “Parents’ Fairytale”: Excerpt from Self (The Remix) 170
  22. 20. Traveling Subjects and the Subject of Travel in Vietnamese Diasporic Films 187
  23. 21. Photographs from Live and Online Performances 200
  24. 22. Abstraction 2: Television Sitcom from DentalOptics 205
  25. 23. Generations Within: Los Angeles 1992 and South Korean 8008 220
  26. 24. Golden States of Mind: Cambodian and Vietnamese Artistic Organizing in Southern California and Southeast Asia 236
  27. 25. Excerpts from D’FunQT 252
  28. 26. Of Railroads, Camps, and Strip Malls: Symbolic Landscapes of the San Gabriel Valley 261
  29. 27. Where You’ve Been: An Epilogue 280
  30. Bibliography 293
  31. Contributors 303
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