12. ASIAN AMERICAN STRUGGLES FOR CIVIL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL RIGHTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Introduction xiii
5. ONE: SITUATING ASIAN AMERICA
6. 1. WHEN AND WHERE I ENTER 3
7. 2. NEITHER BLACK NOR WHITE 21
8. 3. DETROIT BLUES: “BECAUSE OF YOU MOTHERFUCKERS” 35
9. 4. A DIALOGUE ON RACIAL MELANCHOLIA 55
10. 5. HOME IS WHERE THE HAN IS: A KOREAN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE ON THE LOS ANGELES UPHEAVALS 80
11. 6. RECOGNIZING NATIVE HAWAIIANS A QUEST FOR SOVEREIGNTY 99
12. 7. SITUATING ASIAN AMERICANS IN THE POLITICAL DISCOURSE ON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION 118
13. 8. RACISM: FROM DOMINATION TO HEGEMONY 126
14. TWO: HISTORY AND MEMORY
15. 9. THE CHINESE ARE COMING. HOW CAN WE STOP THEM? CHINESE EXCLUSION AND THE ORIGINS OF AMERICAN GATEKEEPING 143
16. 10. PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE MAPPING OF CHINA TOWN 168
17. 11. THE SECRET MUNSON REPORT 193
18. 12. ASIAN AMERICAN STRUGGLES FOR CIVIL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL RIGHTS 213
19. 13. OUT OF THE SHADOWS: CAMPTOWN WOMEN, MILITARY BRIDES, AND KOREAN (AMERICAN) COMMUNITIES 239
20. 14. THE COLD WAR ORIGINS OF THE MODEL MINORITY MYTH 256
21. 15. WHY CHINA? IDENTIFYING HISTORIES OF TRANSNATIONAL ADOPTION 272
22. 16. THE “FOUR PRISONS” AND THE MOVEMENTS OF LIBERATION: ASIAN AMERICAN ACTIVISM FROM THE 1960s TO THE 1990s 298
23. THREE: CULTURE, POLITICS, AND SOCIETY
24. 17. YOUTH CULTURE, CITIZENSHIP, AND GLOBALIZATION: SOUTH ASIAN MUSLIM YOUTH IN THE UNITED STATES AFTER SEPTEMBER 11TH 333
25. 18. ASIAN IMMIGRANT WOMEN AND GLOBAL RESTRUCTURING, 1970s–1990s 354
26. 19. MEDICAL, RACIST, AND COLONIAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF POWER IN ANNE FADIMAN’S THE SPIRIT CATCHES YOU AND YOU FALL DOWN 370
27. 20. SEARCHING FOR COMMUNITY: FILIPINO GAY MEN IN NEW YORK CITY 393
28. 21. HOW TO REHABILITATE A MULATTO: THE ICONOGRAPHY OF TIGER WOODS 405
29. 22. OCCULT RACISM: THE MASKING OF RACE IN THE HMONG HUNTER INCIDENT 423
30. 23. COLLATERAL DAMAGE: SOUTH EAST ASIAN POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES 454
31. FOUR: PEDAGOGIES AND POSSIBILITIES 475
32. 24. WHITHER ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES? 477
33. 25. FREEDOM SCHOOLING: RECONCEPTUALIZING ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES FOR OUR COMMUNITIES 496
34. 26. ASIANS ON THE RIM: TRANSNATIONAL CAPITAL AND LOCAL COMMUNITY IN THE MAKING OF CONTEMPORARY ASIAN AMERICA 515
35. 27. CRAFTING SOLIDARITIES 540
36. 28. WE WILL NOT BE USED: ARE ASIAN AMERICANS THE RACIAL BOURGEOISIE? 558
37. 29. THE STRUGGLE OVER PARCEL C: HOW BOSTON’S CHINA TOWN WON A VICTORY IN THE FIGHT AGAINST INSTITUTIONAL EXPANSIONISM AND ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM 565
38. 30. RACE MATTERS IN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT WORK 581
39. 31. HOMES, BORDERS, AND POSSIBILITIES 603
40. Biographical Notes 623
41. Copyrights and Permissions 627
42. Index 631