{"id":1122,"date":"2009-05-18T11:33:13","date_gmt":"2009-05-18T15:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/?p=1122"},"modified":"2012-04-23T11:22:49","modified_gmt":"2012-04-23T15:22:49","slug":"in-the-news-asian-pacific-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/in-the-news-asian-pacific-americans\/","title":{"rendered":"In the News: Asian Pacific Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Week of May 18, 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n

News Item: <\/strong>Since 1992, May has been designated as Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month. Initially, President Jimmy Carter had signed a Joint-Resolution in 1978 proclaiming the first ten days of May as Asian Pacific Heritage Week. It eventually became a month-long celebration under George H. W. Bush. This year’s theme is” Lighting the Past, Present and Future,” and honors the “contributions and accomplishments of our nation’s Asian and Pacific Islander citizens, past, present and future.” Visit http:\/\/asianpacificheritage.gov<\/a> for online audio, video, and image collections, and other resources from the Library of Congress, the National Archives, and the National Gallery of Art.<\/p>\n

Florida Atlantic University celebrates Asian Pacific American Culture Day on Wednesday, May 20, 2009.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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American Karma: Race, Culture, and Identity in the Indian Diaspora<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/strong>By Sunil Bhatia. New York University Press, 2007
\nCall Number: E184. E2 B497 2007 (At Jupiter) – Also available online via NetLibrary<\/p>\n

American Tropics: Articulating Filipino America<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/strong>By Allan Punzalan Isaac. University of Minnesota Press, 2006
\nCall Number: E184 .F4 I73 2006<\/p>\n

Asian American Art: A History, 1850-1970<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/strong>Edited by Gordon H. Chang. Stanford University Press, 2008
\nCall Number: N6538 .A83 A835 2008<\/p>\n

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Asian American Education: Acculturation, Literacy Development, and Learning<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/strong>Edited by Clara C. Park. IAP, 2007
\nCall Number: LC2635 .A843 2007<\/p>\n

Asian Americans in Class: Charting the Achievement Gap Among Korean American Youth<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/strong>By Jamie Lew. Teachers College Press, 2006
\nCall Number: LC3501 .K6 L49 2006 (Also at Jupiter)<\/p>\n

Asian and Pacific American Education: Learning, Socialization, and Identity<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/em><\/strong>Edited by Clara C. Park et al. Information Age Pub., 2006
\nCall Number: LC2633 .A855 2006<\/p>\n

The Asian Pacific American Heritage: A Companion to Literature and Arts<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/strong>Edited by George J. Leonard. Garland Pub., 1999
\nCall Number: PS153 .A84 A87 1999 (Also available online via NetLibrary)<\/p>\n

Asian\/Pacific Islander American Women: A Historical Anthology<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/strong>Edited by Shirley Hune and Gail M. Nomura. New York University Press, 2003
\nCall Number: E184 .O A855 2003<\/p>\n

Becoming American, Being Indian: An Immigrant Community in New York City<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Madhulika S. Khandelwal. Cornell University Press, 2002
\nCall Number: F128.9 .E2 K47 2002<\/p>\n

Common Destiny: Filipino American Generations<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/strong>By Juanita Tamayo Lott. Rowman & Littlefield, 2006
\nCall Number: E184 .F4 L68 2006<\/p>\n

Concentration Camps on the Home Front: Japanese Americans in the House of Jim Crow<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/strong>By John Howard. University of Chicago Press, 2008
\nCall Number: D769.8 .A6 H69 2008<\/p>\n

Crossing Sidelines, Crossing Cultures: Sport and Asian Pacific American Cultural Citizenship<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Joel S. Franks. University Press of America, 2000
\nCall Number: GV583 .F73 2000<\/p>\n

Decolonizing Cultures in the Pacific: Reading History and Trauma in Contemporary Fiction<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Susan Y. Najita. Routledge, 2006
\nCall Number: PR9645 .N35 2006 (Also available online via NetLibrary)<\/p>\n

A Different Battle: Stories of Asian Pacific American Veterans<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/em><\/strong>Edited by Carina A. del Rosario. University of Washington Press, 1999
\nCall Number: D753.7 .D53 1999<\/p>\n

Doing the Desi Thing: Performing Indianness in New York City<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/strong>By Sunita S. Mukhi. Garland Pub., 2000
\nCall Number: F128.9 .E2 M85 2000<\/p>\n

Driven Out: The Forgotten War Against Chinese Americans<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/strong>By Jean Pfaelzer. University of California Press, 2008
\nCall Number: F870 .C5 PF 2008<\/p>\n

Ethnic Routes to Becoming American: Indian Immigrants and the Cultures of Citizenship<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/strong>By Sharmila Rudrappa. Rutgers University Press, 2004
\nCall Number: E184 .E2 R83 2004 (Also available online via NetLibrary)<\/p>\n

Growing Up Brown: Memoirs of a Filipino American<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/strong>Edited by Antonio T. Tiongson, Jr. et al. Temple University Press, 2006
\nCall Number: F869 .L65 J36 2006<\/p>\n

Handbook of Asian American Psychology<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/em><\/strong>Edited by Frederick T. L. Leong et al. Sage Publications, 2007
\nCall Number: E184 .A75 H36 2006 (Also available online via Alexander Street Press)<\/p>\n

Korean American Women: Stories of Acculturation and Changing Selves<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/strong>By Jenny Hyun Chung Pak. Routledge, 2006
\nCall Number: E184 .K6 P35 2006<\/p>\n

Legacies of Struggle: Conflict and Cooperation in Korean American Politics<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Angie Y. Chung. Stanford University Press, 2007
\nCall Number: E184 .K6 P35 2006<\/p>\n

Legacy to Liberation: Politics & Culture of Revolutionary Asian Pacific America<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/strong>Edited by Fred Ho. AK Press, 2000
\nCall Number: HX81 .L454 2000<\/p>\n

A Letter to My Father: Growing Up Filipina and American<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Helen Madabba Mossman. University of Oklahoma Press, 2008
\nCall Number: D811.5 .M675 2008<\/p>\n

Managing Multicultural Lives: Asian American Professionals and the Challenge of Multiple Identities<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/strong>By Pawan Dhingra. Stanford University Press, 2007
\nCall Number: Available online through ebrary<\/p>\n

Midwives’ Tales: Stories of Traditional and Professional Birthing in Samoa<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/strong>By Lesley Barclay. Vanderbilt University Press, 2005
\nCall Number: RG950 .M544 2005 (Also available online through NetLibrary)<\/p>\n

Moving the Image: Independent Asian Pacific American Media Arts<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/strong>Edited by Russell LEong. UCLA Asian American Studies Center, 1991
\nCall Number: PN1995.9 .M56 M68 1991<\/p>\n

The Namesake<\/strong><\/em>
\nBy Jhumpa Lahiri. Houghton Mifflin, 2003
\nCall Number: PS3562 .A316 N36 2003 (Additional copies at Jupiter and Treasure Coast Campus libraries)<\/p>\n

The Namesake<\/strong><\/em> (DVD)<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Directed by Mira Nair. 20th Century Fox, 2007
\nCall Number: PN1997.2 .N3647 2007<\/p>\n

New Roots in America’s Sacred Ground: Religion, Race, and Ethnicity in Indian America<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/strong>By Khyati Y. Joshi. Rutgers University Press, 2006
\nCall Number: E184 .E2 J67 2006 (Also available online through NetLibrary)<\/p>\n

Part Asian, 100% Hapa<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/strong>Portraits by Kip Fulbeck. Chronicle Books, 2006
\nCall Number: E184 .A1 F8 2006<\/p>\n

Positively No Filipinos Allowed: Building Communities and Discourse<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/strong>Edited by Antonio T. Tiongson, Jr. et al. Temple University Press, 2006
\nCall Number: E184 .F4 P68 2006<\/p>\n

Pinay Power: Peminist Critical Theory: Theorizing the Filipina\/American Experience<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/strong>Edited by Melinda L. de Jesus. Routledge, 2005
\nCall Number: E184 .F4 P547 2005<\/p>\n

Racial Attitudes and Asian Pacific Americans: Demystifying the Model Minority<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/strong>By Karen Kurotsuchi Inkelas. Routledge, 2006
\nCall Number: E184 .A75 I54 2006<\/p>\n

Research on the Education of Asian and Pacific Americans<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/strong>Edited by Clara C. Park et al. Information Age Pub., 2001
\nCall Number: LC2633 .R47 2001<\/p>\n

Restoried Selves: Autobiographies of Queer Asian-Pacific American Activists<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/strong>Edited by Kevin K. Kumashiro. Harrington Park Press, 2004
\nCall Number: HQ75.7 .R47 2004<\/p>\n

Revealing the Sacred in Asian and Pacific America<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/strong>Edited by Jane Naomi Iwamura and Paul Spickard. Routledge, 2003
\nCall Number: BL2525 .R483 2003<\/p>\n

Stealing Buddha’s Dinner: A Memoir<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/strong>By Bich Minh Nguyen. Viking, 2007
\nCall Number: CT275 .N523 A3 2007<\/p>\n

Take Out: Queer Writing from Asian Pacific America<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/strong>Edited by Quang Bao and Hanya Yanagihara. Asian American Writers’ Workshop, 2000
\nCall Number: PS508 .G39 T35 2000<\/p>\n

Teaching About Asian Pacific Americans: Effective Activities, Strategies, and Assignments for Classrooms and Communities<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/strong>Edited by Edith Wen-Chu and Glenn Omatsu. Rowman & Littlefield, 2006
\nCall Number: E184 .A75 T43 2006<\/p>\n

The Very Inside: An Anthology of Writing by Asian and Pacific Islander Lesbian and Bisexual Women<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/strong>Edited by Sharon Lim-Hing. Sister Vision, 1994
\nCall Number: PS509 .L47 V47 1994<\/p>\n

The Vietnamese American 1.5 Generation: Stories of War, Revolution, Flight, and New Beginnings<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/strong>Edited by Sucheng Chang. Temple University Press, 2006
\nCall Number: E184 .V53 V55 2006<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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