Asian American Identities and Practices

Folkloric Expressions in Everyday Life

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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Asian American Identities and Practices: Folkloric Expressions in Everyday Life probes the intersection, interplay, and interconnection of Asian and Asian American folklore and folklife in globally fluid and culturally creative landscapes among Asian American communities and subjects. Asian American folklore, as a way of life and practice, has emerged and continues to emerge as Asian Americans lay claim and take root in the American mosaic. As such, the contributors in this volume all show how the Asian American historical experiences and continued international migration inform the production of new folkloric practices, subjectivities, and ideologies, which in turn strengthen specific Asian American ways of life while normalizing folklore that are squarely produced in Asian America. This collectionillustrates that Asian American folklore and folklife is interwoven with social relationships, the creation of various types of ethnic, cultural, and national identities, and adaptive strategies within the particular historical periods, communities, and shifting boundaries and demographics of Asian America. The global context of Asian American folklore and folklife, especially in the racially charged post-9/11 context, bespeaks how Asians, past and present, maneuver the cultural spaces of their host society and old traditions to create new sites and new opportunities for cultural folkloric production and expression in everyday life.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2015-11-02
Mått151 x 231 x 20 mm
Vikt417 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor282
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780739147337

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Jonathan H. X. Lee is associate professor of Asian American studies at San Francisco State University. He is the editor of Cambodian American Experiences: Histories, Communities, Cultures, and Identities and co-editor with Kathleen M. Nadeau of the Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore and Folklife. Kathleen Nadeau is a professor of anthropology at California State University, San Bernardino. She is the author of Liberation Theology in the Philippines: Faith in a Revolution, The History of the Philippines, and co-editor with Jonathan H. X. Lee of the Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore and Folklife.

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Disciplines and Discourses in Asian American Folklore and Folklife: Prospects, Patterns, Practices, and Problems in an Emerging LandscapeJonathan H. X. Lee and Kathleen Nadeau1: Folklore and Asian American Humor: Stereotypes, Politics, and SelfAyako Yoshimura2: Folklore and the Visual Culture of Burmese America: Immigrant Buddhism and the Dhammananda MonasteryWinston Kyan3: The “Movement” as Folklore: Asian American College Youth and Vernacular Expressions of Asian Pacific American HeritageDawn Lee Tu4: Once Upon a Time in Chinese America: Literary Folktales in American Picture BooksLorraine Dong 5: Things Matter: Chinese American Culture Work and the Gods of MarysvilleJonathan H. X. Lee and Vivian-Lee Nyitray6: Finding the Missing Pieces: Korean American Adoptees and the Production of RitualSooJin Pate7: Filipino Folklore, Space, and PerformanceFrancis Tanglao-Aguas8: Forging Transnational Folklore: Cambodian American Hip Hop

This collection on the diverse experiences of Asian American communities and the shaping of new identities in the contemporary US deserves careful consideration by cultural studies scholars. Both in methodology and research, the essays present new perspectives on religious activities, dance, children's stories, hip-hop, humor, horror stories, and vernacular expression. The editors define folklore as those everyday habits or activities that make meaning out of life. Asian American communities use these practices to negotiate life in the US, redefine what it means to be American, and even resist dominant notions of citizenship. Summing Up: Recommended. All academic levels/libraries.