Restoried Selves

Restoried Selves: Autobiographies of Queer Asian / Pacific American Activists presents the first-person accounts of 20 activists--life stories that work against common stereotypes, shattering misconceptions and dispelling misinformation. These autobiographies challenge familial and cultural expectations and values that have traditionally forced queer Asian / Pacific Americans into silent shame because of their sexual orientation and/or ethnicity. Authors share not only their experiences growing up but also how those experiences led them to become social activists, speaking out against oppression. Many harmful untruths--or "stories"--about queer Asian-Pacific Americans have been repeated so often, they are accepted as fact. Restoried Selves: Autobiographies of Queer Asian / Pacific American Activists provides a forum for voices often ignored in academic literature to "re-story" themselves, addressing a range of experiences that includes cultural differences and values, conflicts between different generations in a family or between different groups in a community, and difficulties and rewards of coming out. Those giving voice to their stories through narrative and other writing genres include the transgendered and intersexed, community activists, youths, and parents. The stories told in Restoried Selves: Autobiographies of Queer Asian / Pacific American Activists reflect on: personal experiences--based on country of origin, educational background, religion, gender, and age populations served by activism, including the working poor, immigrants, adoptees, youth, women, and families different arenas of activism, including schools, governments, social services, and the Internet issues targeted by activism, including affirmative action, HIV/AIDS education, mental health, interracial relationships, and sexual violence institutions in need of change, including legal, religious, and educational entities and much more! Restoried Selves: Autobiographies of Queer Asian / Pacific American Activists is an essential read for academics and researchers working in Asian American studies, ethnic studies, gender studies, and queer studies, and for LGBTQ youth and their parents, teachers, and social service providers.

ISBN 1560234636   Pages 140 ISBN13 9781560234630 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc   Weight (grammes) 263 Imprint Haworth Press Inc   Published in Binghamton Format Paperback   Series title Haworth Gay & Lesbian Studies Publication date 23 Oct 2003   Height (mm) 229 Library of Congress HQ75.7 \R4, HQ75.7 \R4   Width (mm) 159 DEWEY 305.895073   Spine width (mm) 13 DEWEY edition DC21   Academic level General

		About the Editor
		Contributors
		Foreword by Alexander Nakatani and Jane Nakatani
		Preface
		Acknowledgments
1		An Interview with a High School Activist by Pabitra Benjamin		1
2		Curry Potatoes and Rainbow Banners by Nur-e-alam S. Chisty		7
3		We Are Not Gay by Lance Collins		13
4		Fragmented Entries, Multiple Selves: In Search of Place to Call Home by Roland Sintos Coloma		19
5		You're What? An Activist?? by Alain Anh-Tuan Dang		29
6		On Becoming a Bi Bi Grrrl by Wei Ming Dariotis		37
7		My Multiple Identity Disorder by T. C. Duong		47
8		South of Normal by Loren R. Javier		53
9		Three Masks by Kevin K. Kumashiro		59
10		All-American Asian by David C. Lee		73
11		Queerly a Good Friday by Jeanette Mei Gim Lee		81
12		Three Strikes, I'M OUT! A Chicana Samoan Dyke's Tale by Cristina M. Misa		87
13		Activism and the Consciousness of Difference by Pauline Park		93
14		Prelude and fugue in yellow and grey by K. Terumi Shorb		101
15		Activism and Identity Through the Word: A Mixed-Race Woman Claims Her Space by Wendy M. Thompson		111
16		Things Come When Least Expected by You Yun		119
17		Out on the Front Lines by Helen Zia		127
		Afterword by Dana Y. Takagi		131
		Index		135

"This book will be A Source of Inspiration and Affiramtion for activists, scholars, and most of all, to young queer Asian-Pacific Americans searching for their own place in society."

 Be the first to write a customer review