Li, Xiaoping.

Voices Rising : Asian Canadian Cultural Activism. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (320 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1: Mapping Asian Canadian Cultural Activism -- 1 The Culture Question -- 2 Inventing Asian Canadian Culture -- 3 Becoming "Asian Canadian" -- 4 "The Site of Memory" -- 5 "Differently Together" -- 6 Redefining Asian Canadian Women -- Part 2: Voices -- 7 Emergence -- Harry Aoki -- Tamio Wakayama -- Aiko Suzuki -- Keith Lock -- Terry Watada -- David (Kenji) Fujino -- Sean Gunn -- Keeman Wong -- 8 Cross the Threshold -- Fumiko Kiyooka -- William Lau -- Brenda Joy Lem -- Gu Xiong -- Kyo Maclear -- Mina Shum -- Valerie Sing Turner -- 9 Moving Ahead -- Alvin Erasga Tolentino -- Wayne Yung -- Kagan Goh -- Norman Lup Man Yeung -- Jen Lam -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Examines Asian Canadian political and cultural activism around community building, identity making, racial equity, and social justice.

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Asians -- Canada -- Ethnic identity.
Asians -- Canada -- Social life and customs.
Asians -- Canada -- Politics and government.
Asians -- Canada -- Biography.
Asians -- Canada -- Interviews.
Social participation -- Canada.
Artists -- Canada -- Interviews.


Electronic books.

F1035.A75 -- L5 2007eb

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