The Sum Of Our Parts: Mixed-Heritage Asian Americans (Asian American History & Cultu) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1566398479 ISBN 13: 9781566398473

Publisher: Temple University Press, 2001

Synopsis

This collection of essays focuses on the construction of identity among people of Asian descent who claim multiple heritage. In their consideration of people of mixed Asian identities, the contributors to this study disrupt standard discussions.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

"The Sum of Our Parts is the first collection of essays on multiracial and multiethnic Asian Americans by experts in the field. The book is timely and will make an important contribution to the discourse on race, ethnicity, and identity formation. Comprehensive, historical, diasporic, and theoretically grounded, it includes groups not covered anywhere else, and will appeal to both academic and popular audiences."
—Judy Yung, University of California, Santa Cruz

"This book begins to remedy a crucial absence in contemporary liberatory discussion—Asian identities, and multiracial Asian identities. It should be an important and welcome contribution, academically and beyond."
—Naomi Zack, Professor of Philosophy, University at Albany, SUNY

About the Author:

Teresa Williams-León is an Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies at California State University, Northridge.

Cynthia L. Nakashima is a Ph.D. candidate in Comparative Ethnic Studies at University of California, Berkeley.

About this edition

• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1566398479
• ISBN 13: 9781566398473
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 279
• Editor: Teresa Williams-Leon, Cynthia L. Nakashima