Cultural compass : ethnographic explorations of Asian America /

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Contributors: Manalansan, Martin F., 1960-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2000.
Series:Asian American history and culture
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Table of Contents:
  • Performing ethnography in Asian American communities: beyond the insider-versus-outsider perspective / Linda Trinh Võ
  • Researching one's own: negotiating co-ethnicity in the field / Miliann Kang
  • Chineseness across borders: a multisited investigation of Chinese diaspora identities / Andrea Louie
  • Of Palengkes and beauty pageants: Filipino American-style politics in Southern California / Rick Bonus
  • Making the biopolitical subject: Cambodian immigrants, refugee medicine, and cultural citizenship in California / Aihwa Ong
  • Everyday identity work at an Asian Pacific AIDS organization / Gina Masequesmay
  • Betrayal, class fantasies, and the Filipino nation in Daly City / Benito M. Vergara Jr.
  • Sudden and subtle challenge: disparity in conceptions of marriage and gender in the Korean American community / Kyeyoung Park
  • Identity in the diaspora: surprising voices / Karen Leonard
  • Forged transnationality and oppositional cosmpolitanism / Louisa Schein
  • Cultural encompass: looking for direction in The Asian American comic book / Timothy Keeyen Choy.