When Half Is Whole [[electronic resource] ] : Multiethnic Asian American Identities

• Autore: Murphy-Shigematsu Stephen
• Pubblicazione: Palo Alto, : Stanford University Press, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (246 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.895/073; 305.895073
• Soggetto topico: Asian Americans -- Ethnic identity; Racially mixed people -- United States -- Ethnic identity; Transnationalism
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: ""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
• Titolo autorizzato: When Half Is Whole
• ISBN: 0-8047-8395-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462120403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Asian America