What does it mean to be an Asian American in the twenty-first
century? In mainstream America, cliched stereotypes about Asian
people as model minorities, asexual techno-geeks, hypersexual
dragon ladies, perpetual foreigners, or Yellow Peril "threats"
continue to persist -- though they are frequently concealed behind
politically correct slogans like colorblindness and diversity.
Where Are You From?: An Anthology of Asian American Writing
challenges these viewpoints. The writings and art in this anthology
envision Asian American identity, culture, and politics on our own
terms, through our own experiences and unique perspectives.
Incorporating a diverse range of personal essays, stories, critical
articles, poems, art, and other work, this anthology seeks to
express the truth of our lived realities and to give voice to an
Asian America that is frequently marginalized by society. The very
title of our book -- Where Are You From? -- questions the common
prejudice often expressed by the majority culture that Asian
Americans are alien or foreign to the USA. In the words of Lawson
Inada, we want to tell people where we come from -- where we're
really from. Other contributors include Professor Darrell Y.
Hamamoto, Andrew Lam, Lee Tonouchi, Matthew Salesses, Curtis Choy,
Polo Catalani, Tony Robles, Dmae Roberts, Valerie Katagiri, Sapna
Cheryan, Roberta May Wong, Beth Kaufka, Marivi Soliven Blanco,
Robert Francis Flor, Michael Lai, Min K Kang, Byron Wong, Zach
Katagiri, Larry Yu, Sonia Sarkar, Simon Tam, Ben Efsanem, Koh Mo
Il, Victoria Yee, Diem Tran, Luan Nguyen, Souttalith Vongsamphanhn,
Bikash Khada, Mary Niang, Ngoc Minh Tran.
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