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Making Waves: An Anthology of Writings by and About Asian American Women (Asian American Studies/Women's Studies)

Contains:

General introduction : a woman-centered perspective on Asian American history by Sucheta Mazumdar

Poem by the wellside by Meena Alexander

OkasanbyMother [poem] by Sakae S. Roberson

A girl on the swing [poem] by Chungmi Kim

The people here : a letter [poem] by Myrna Peña-Reyes

Magic island [poem] by Cathy Song

The world of our grandmothers by Connie Young Yu

Voices from the past : why they came by Dorothy Cordova

Korean immigrant women in early twentieth-century America by Sun Bin Yim

The hardships of escape for Vietnamese women by Van Luu

Shadow in stone [poem] by Janice Mirikitani

We the exiled [poem] by Brenda Paik Sunoo

War story by Elaine H. Kim

The hopeland by K. Kam

My mother's purple dress by Evelyn Lee and Gloria Oberst

Nisei women and resettlement during World War II by Valerie Matsumoto

And all the girls cried [poem] by Kathy Wong

Chinatown talking story [poem] by Kitty Tsui

Issei working women in Hawaii by Gail M. Nomura

Ladies on the line : Punjabi cannery workers in central California by Marcelle Williams

Behind unmarked doors : developments in the garment industry by Diane Yen-Mei Wong with Dennis Hayashi

Women in the Silicon Valley by Rebecca Villones

Asian American women in broadcasting by Felicia Lowe

The gap between striving and achieving : the case of Asian American women by Deborah Woo

Mother [poem] by Beheroze F. Shroff

The loom by R.A. Sasaki

The parrot's beak by Kartar Dhillon

Waiting for Papa's return by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Dreams of Manong Frankie by Virginia Cerenio

Behind the shadow [poem] by Angela Lobo-Cobb

Double doors [poem] by Jonny Sullivan Price

Growing up Asian in America by Kesaya E. Noda

Makapuu Bay by Wakako Yamauchi

Broad shoulders by Nellie Wong

You're short, besides! by Sucheng Chan

Mestiza girlhood : interracial families in Chicago's Filipino American community since 1925 by Barbara M. Posadas

Asian American lesbians : an emerging voice in the Asian American community by Pamela H.

Factory girls [poem] by Chea Villanueva

Mosquitoes in the main room by Meena Alexander

Two deserts by Valerie Matsumoto

Lotus blossoms don't bleed : images of Asian women by Renee E. Tajima

The business of selling mail-order brides by Venny Villapando

Domestic violence among Pacific Asians by Nilda Rimonte

Matchmaking in the classifieds of the immigrant Indian press by Rashmi Luthra

In remembrance [poem] by Janice Mirikitani

For the poets of "Firetree" on the second anniversary of the death of Benigno Aquino [poem] by Valorie Bejarano

Growing up, 1968-1985 by Juanita Tamayo Lott

The feminist movement : where are all the Asian American women? by Esther Ngan-Ling Chow

From homemaker to housing advocate : an interview with Mrs. Chang Jok Lee by Nancy Diao

Dust and dishes : organizing workers by Yoichi Shimatsu and Patricia Lee

Seeking a voice : South Asian women's groups in North America by Jyotsna Vaid

Asian Pacific American women in mainstream politics by Judy Chu

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 481
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780807059050
  • Genres
  • anthologies
  • Release date
  • 1997