Examines the emergence and fragmentation of the panethnic Local in Hawaiian interracial relations. It explores, within the fractious debate over affirmative action in the 1970s and 1980s, the underrepresented island minorities' challenging of the privileged Local elite that intensified inter-Asian-Pacific tensions and fragmented the panethnic…

In both canonical European American literature and contemporary ethnic American literature, there exists a counterpart to the "inscrutable Oriental" stereotype, the "inscrutable Albino." The albino motif is explored in some ethnic works to demonstrate how the trope functions in each and what this says about the author's world…

Explores post-1965 South Asian American writers writing in English and the role of geography and memory and how political and societal factors of the "capitalist new world order" continue to determine the physical and metaphorical location of postcolonial writers in the diaspora. It examines South Asian American writers' compelling evocations of…

Deconstructs certain naturalizing features of the concept "Asian American" in contemporary discourse, and argues the term is now obsolete and detrimental for political purposes. The author suggests an active practice of coming to terms with ever-changing social conditions, an exercise that may change what Asian American means, while…

Explores suggested contradictions to grasping contemporary Asian America as a socio-ideological formation. It is suggested that the emergence of Pacific Asian economies in the global economy has had a transformative effect on the Asian American self-image, causing Asian Americans to see themselves as either grounded in local communities or as…

Discusses how postmodern theories might contribute to the development of Asian American Studies as an intellectual field of inquiry and a vehicle for political and social change. The author explains how the postmodern direction toward inclusion, multiplicity, and heterogeneity is particularly well suited to an analysis of the contemporary Asian…

Discusses Asiacentrism and its place in Asian American Studies, what can be learned from Afrocentrism as a paradigm, and the political and philosophical implications of Asiacentrism. The authors propose the development of an Asiacentric paradigm as a critique of the dominant Eurocentrism in theory-building in Asian American Studies. (GR)

Focuses on the college campus in assessing the increasing participation of Asian Americans in evangelical Christian student organizations. It suggests that notions of the model minority stereotype and upward social mobility may be clues as to why these groups are flourishing at many schools. (GR)

Discusses the creation of "Amerasia Journal" and the vision of its creators. The author examines the origin of the journal in the context of Asian American studies 25 years ago, and highlights its development over the succeeding years.(GR)

Examines the race ambiguity of South Asians and the risk of being socially ignored and marginalized, including that of the pan-Asian movement. It argues that recent participation of second-generation South Asians in protesting anti-Asian hate crimes and discrimination in higher education bespeak the possibilities of a pan-Asian grouping that is…

Argues that history and historical necessity have shaped current Asian American projects, not the theoretical products of poststructuralism, Anglo American feminism, or postcolonial theory. Through an examination based on new work from scholars in Asian American and ethnic studies, the author explores these historic, demographic, and political…

Presents an ethnographic study of the Asian Business Association in San Diego (California) highlighting the role that well-educated first generation immigrants play in pan-Asian economic mobilization. It examines how the first and subsequent generations challenged the institutionalized economic barriers in order to protect and promote their…

Discusses three cultural changes influencing the practice of Asian American Studies scholars and their operating assumptions. The author examines the concept of denationalization in arguing how these cultural phenomena are forcing a paradigm shift in Asian American Studies. (GR)

Explores issues in defining a category of Filipino/a media arts under the umbrella of Asian Pacific American media arts. Three waves of Filipino/a American media output are mapped, and the representational issues connected with each wave are outlined. Works from each of the waves are identified. (SLD)

Draws on the experiences of people of Asian descent in the United States and the Caribbean to argue that the biological fact of being of mixed race does not reduce the social significance of race. The assumption that racial mixing leads to a raceless society is inaccurate. (SLD)