Women have shaped immigrant families, reared new generations, and pioneered significant changes in their communities. These essays illuminate the complex and changing roles of Asian American women, examing such diverse subjects as war brides, international marriages, split households, stereotyping, women-centered kin networks, employment, immigrant prostitution, conflict with patriarchal attitudes, feminism, and lesbianism.
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Franklin Ng is Professor of Anthropology at California State University, Fresno. He holds a B.A. degree from Johns Hopkins University, an A.M. degree from Harvard University, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Chicago. The editor of The Asian American Encyclopedia, he is also the co-editor of New Visions in Asian American Studies: Diversity, Community, Power, the author of Chinese Americans Struggle for Equality, and has written articles for anthologies and journals. He serves as the editor of the Journal of American-East Asian Relations and is on the editorial board of the Amerasia Journal.
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This article examines the social circumstances, both current and past, that have affected the development and transformation of feminist consciousness among Asian American women. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
matrilateral asymmetry, female solidary groups, matrilateral stress, female centrality, matrilateral bias, conjugal role segregation, story cloths, married female respondents, paj ntaub, urban bilateral kinship, bride theft, interhousehold networks, nude acts, immigrant wives, solidary ties, ethnic labor market, resettlement worker, patriarchal bargain, black married women, immigrant husbands, split household, lesbian daughters, women performers, reservation wage, working wives Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Asian American, United States, New York, Chinese American, Forbidden City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Maya Lin, Jadin Wong, Ban Vinai, Washington Post, Miss Saigon, Arthur Dong, Asian Pacific, Noel Toy, World War, Vietnam War, Sue Lee, Government Printing Office, Toy Yat Mar, Asian Indians, Frances Chun, University of California Press, Mary Mammon, San Diego New!
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Asian American, United States, New York, Chinese American, Forbidden City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Maya Lin, Jadin Wong, Ban Vinai, Washington Post, Miss Saigon, Arthur Dong, Asian Pacific, Noel Toy, World War, Vietnam War, Sue Lee, Government Printing Office, Toy Yat Mar, Asian Indians, Frances Chun, University of California Press, Mary Mammon, San Diego New!
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- Chinese Americans by Stanford M. Lyman on page 134, page 135, and page 143
- This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherrie Moraga on page 16, page 17, and page 132
- Beyond Sex Roles by Alice G. Sargent on page 15, and page 16
- Parents Matter: Parents' Relationships With Lesbian Daughters and Gay Sons by Ann Muller on page 212, and page 223
- Maya Lin (Contemporary Biographies) by Bettina Ling on page 60, and Back Matter
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