
Voices Rising
Asian Canadian Cultural Activism
Xiaoping Li(Author)
University of British Columbia Press
Will be published approx. on 7. February 2007
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-7748-1221-4 (ISBN)
Description
In the late twentieth century, Western multicultural societies wrestled with questions of cultural difference, identity, and otherness. In Canada, activists from racialized communities took leading roles in the struggle over Canadian identity. Voices Rising examines Asian Canadian political and cultural activism around community building, identity making, racial equity, and social justice.
Informed by a postcolonial and postmodern cultural critique, Voices Rising traces the trajectory of progressive cultural discourse generated by Asian Canadian cultural activists over the course of several generations. Xiaoping Li draws on historical sources and personal testimonies to convincingly demonstrate how culture acts as a means of engagement with the political and social world.
As an interdisciplinary inquiry addressing topical issues of "race," ethnicity, identity, and transculturalism, Voices Rising will be welcomed by scholars, researchers, and students in Canadian studies, cultural studies, ethnic histories, postcolonial theory, globalization studies, diaspora theory, and transcultural analysis. The general reader interested in Canadian identity and cultural history will also find this book accessible and useful.
Informed by a postcolonial and postmodern cultural critique, Voices Rising traces the trajectory of progressive cultural discourse generated by Asian Canadian cultural activists over the course of several generations. Xiaoping Li draws on historical sources and personal testimonies to convincingly demonstrate how culture acts as a means of engagement with the political and social world.
As an interdisciplinary inquiry addressing topical issues of "race," ethnicity, identity, and transculturalism, Voices Rising will be welcomed by scholars, researchers, and students in Canadian studies, cultural studies, ethnic histories, postcolonial theory, globalization studies, diaspora theory, and transcultural analysis. The general reader interested in Canadian identity and cultural history will also find this book accessible and useful.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Vancouver
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Illustrations
25 b&w photos
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
580 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7748-1221-4 (9780774812214)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Xiaoping Li is an independent researcher and professor in the Department of Sociology and Women's Studies at Okanagan College, British Columbia.
Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Section I: 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
Section II:
7 Emergence
Harry Aoki
Tamio Wakayama
Aiko Suzuki
Keith Lock
Terry Watada
David Kenji Fujino
Sean Gunn
Keeman Wong
Section III:
8 Cross the Threshold
Fumiko Kiyooka
William Lau
Brenda Joy Lem
Gu Xiong
Kyo Maclear
Mina Shum
Valerie Sing Turner
Section IV:
9 Moving Ahead
Alvin Erasga Tolentino
Wayne Yung
Kagan Goh
Norman Lup
Man Yeung
Jen Lam
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
Section I: 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
Section II:
7 Emergence
Harry Aoki
Tamio Wakayama
Aiko Suzuki
Keith Lock
Terry Watada
David Kenji Fujino
Sean Gunn
Keeman Wong
Section III:
8 Cross the Threshold
Fumiko Kiyooka
William Lau
Brenda Joy Lem
Gu Xiong
Kyo Maclear
Mina Shum
Valerie Sing Turner
Section IV:
9 Moving Ahead
Alvin Erasga Tolentino
Wayne Yung
Kagan Goh
Norman Lup
Man Yeung
Jen Lam
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index