Category Archives: From the Journal
“Transoceanic Flows: Pacific Islander Interventions across the American Empire”
Amerasia Journal 38:1 — “Transoceanic Flows: Pacific Islander Interventions across the American Empire” The first extended treatment devoted to Pacific Islander Studies in Amerasia Journal, “Transoceanic Flows: Pacific Islander Interventions across the American Empire” addresses the geographical expanse and methodological … Continue reading
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“Battle Hymn of the Model Minority Myth” by Mitchell James Chang
This week, we’re continuing our online collaboration with Hyphen Magazine’s “Across the Desk” blog, cross-posting essays from our Amerasia Forum on “The Year of the Tiger Mom.” Please click over to “Across the Desk” to read OiYan Poon’s piece, “Ching … Continue reading
“On Tiger Mothers and Music Moms” by Grace Wang
The almost instantaneous uproar elicited by Amy Chua’s Wall Street Journal op-ed “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” and her memoir Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother was, in many ways, unsurprising. With her brash and unapologetic claims about the reasons … Continue reading
“Advice on How Not to Misread the Tiger Mother” by erin Khuê Ninh
We are excited to present online our “Amerasia Forum” on Amy Chua’s Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, which was recently published in the print version of Amerasia Journal. We are cross-posting the essays with the “Across the Desk” blog … Continue reading
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The Year of the Tiger Mother: An Amerasia Journal-Hyphen Magazine Online Collaboration
Amerasia Journal is pleased to join forces with Hyphen Magazine‘s “Across the Desk” blog to crosspost a series of commentaries on Amy Chua’s Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, which first appeared in the print version of the current issue … Continue reading
From the pages of Amerasia: James Kyung-Jin Lee on Russell Leong, “Anxieties of Influence”
Below is an excerpt of James Kyung-Jin Lee’s guest editor’s introduction for the recently published special issue commemorating the career of Amerasia Journal senior editor, Russell C. Leong. “Anxieties of Influence” From Amerasia Journal 37:1 (2011) By James Kyung-Jin Lee … Continue reading
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Aoki: Two Years in Passing and Still Being Remembered
Still on the trail of the Black Panther Party, one of the lesser known Black Panthers was a Japanese American by the name of Richard Aoki. Amerasia Journal ran a “Passages” section in the issue entitled “Subjugated to Subject: Through Class, … Continue reading
Introductions to “Where Women Tell Stories”
Following are two introductions to Amerasia‘s women’s issue “Where Women Tell Stories” by guest editors Stephanie Santos and Mary Uyematsu Kao. Accompanying the text are more photos from the “Buildin’ Bridges and Stirrin’ Waters” event on November 5, 2009 at … Continue reading
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