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Autore |
Murphy-Shigematsu Stephen |
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Titolo |
When Half Is Whole [[electronic resource] ] : Multiethnic Asian American Identities |
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Palo Alto, : Stanford University Press, 2012 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (246 p.) |
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Collana |
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Soggetti |
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Asian Americans -- Ethnic identity |
Racially mixed people -- United States -- Ethnic identity |
Transnationalism |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Prologue; Chapter 1: Flowers Amidst the Ashes; Chapter 2: We Must Go On; Chapter 3: For the Community; Chapter 4: English, I Don't Know!; Chapter 5: Bi Bi Girl; Chapter 6: I Am Your Illusion, Your Reality, Your F; Chapter 7: Grits and Sushi; Chapter 8: I Cut across Borders as If They Have No; Chapter 9: Victims No More; Chapter 10: American Girl in Asia; Chapter 11: Found in Translation; Epilogue; Notes; Recommended Readings; About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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""I listen and gather people's stories. Then I write them down in a way that I hope will communicate something to others, so that seeing these stories will give readers something of value. I tell myself that this isn't going to be done unless I do it, just because of who I am. It's a way of making my mark, leaving something behind . . . not that I'm planning on going anywhere right now.""So explains Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu in this touching, introspective, and insightful examination of mixed race Asian American experiences. The son of an Irish American father and Japanese |
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