Restoried selves : autobiographies of queer Asian/Pacific American activists /
This fascinating book presents the first-person accounts of 20 activists--life stories that work against common stereotypes, shattering misconceptions and dispelling misinformation. These autobiographies challenge the cultural expectations and values that have traditionally forced queer Asian/Pacifi...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Harrington Park Press,
[2004]
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| Series: | Haworth gay & lesbian studies.
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Table of Contents:
- An interview with a high school activist / Pabitra Benjamin
- Curry potatoes and rainbow banners / Nur-e-alam S. Chisty
- We are not gay / Lance Collins
- Fragmented entries, multiple selves : in search of a place to call home / Roland Sintos Coloma
- You're a what? An activist? / Alain Anh-Tuan Dang
- On becoming a bi bi grrrl / Wei Ming Dariotis
- My multiple identity disorder / T.C. Duong
- South of normal / Loren R. Javier
- Three masks / Kevin K. Kumashiro
- All-American Asian / David C. Lee
- Queerly a Good Friday / Jeanette Mei Gim Lee
- Three strikes, I'm out! A Chicana Samoan dyke's tale / Cristina M. Misa
- Activism and the consciousness of difference / Pauline Park
- Prelude and fugue in yellow and grey / K. Terumi Shorb
- Activism and identity through the word : a mixed-race woman claims her space / Wendy M. Thompson
- Things come when least expected / "You Yun"
- Out on the front lines / Helen Zia.