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Articles 1 - 14 of 14
Full-Text Articles in Asian American Studies
Green Thumbs: Cultivating Greenery And Personal Freedoms In Miné Okubo’S Citizen 13660 And Lorraine Hansberry’S A Raisin In The Sun, Akasha L. Khalsa
Green Thumbs: Cultivating Greenery And Personal Freedoms In Miné Okubo’S Citizen 13660 And Lorraine Hansberry’S A Raisin In The Sun, Akasha L. Khalsa
Conspectus Borealis
In her classic 1959 play, A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry explores the impacts of generations of violence, exploitation, and discrimination on an African American family in Chicago’s Southside. Throughout the play, a family house plant comes to symbolize the matriarch's hopes for her children, and her ability to nourish the plant reflects on her ability to fulfil her own modest dreams and provide for the dreams of her progeny. Similarly, we see plants fulfilling the same role in another tale of American racial injustice, namely Miné Okubo’s Citizen 13660, an illustrated personal account of the artist’s experience …
I Didn't Know Aiiieeeee, But It Knew Me, Adrienne Su
I Didn't Know Aiiieeeee, But It Knew Me, Adrienne Su
Asian American Literature: Discourses & Pedagogies
"I Didn't Know Aiiieeeee, But It Knew Me" is a poem that reflects on the influence of both the anthology and the word Aiiieeeee on the writer's development. It uses an adaptation of the ghazal to explore both the continuities and discontinuities of becoming a writer when Asian-American literature was mostly inaccessible.
Movement Upstream, Downstream: A Lyric Essay, Mong- Lan
Movement Upstream, Downstream: A Lyric Essay, Mong- Lan
Asian American Literature: Discourses & Pedagogies
Early on, without knowing I was part of a movement, I was part of the movement of the Asian American cultural and literary phenomenon.
Because it was necessary to bear witness, to tell my story, my stories, our stories, the collective story, my observations, which keeps on unravelling, I began to write.
Some Thoughts On Aiiieeeee! In 2019, Shawna Ryan
Some Thoughts On Aiiieeeee! In 2019, Shawna Ryan
Asian American Literature: Discourses & Pedagogies
A creative writer reflects on the legacy of Aiiieeeee!
Aiiieeeee!’S No! In Thunder, Leslie Bow
Aiiieeeee!’S No! In Thunder, Leslie Bow
Asian American Literature: Discourses & Pedagogies
This accessible, brief, first person essay evaluates the legacy and rhetoric of the 1974 Aiiieeeee!: An Anthology of Asian-American Writers. It examines the ways in which the anthology’s front matter fosters both inclusions and exclusions as it establishes foundational rubrics for Asian American literature and assesses the volume’s continuing value for scholars.
Mantos, Unmasked 曼托, Russell C. Leong
Mantos, Unmasked 曼托, Russell C. Leong
Asian American Literature: Discourses & Pedagogies
No abstract provided.
Zuihitsu: Teaching Aiiieeeee! As Intersectional Ecological Archive, Kenji C. Liu
Zuihitsu: Teaching Aiiieeeee! As Intersectional Ecological Archive, Kenji C. Liu
Asian American Literature: Discourses & Pedagogies
A response to the Aiiieeeee! anthology on its 45th anniversary, using the Japanese zuihitsu form to reflect on its intersectional and ecological complexities and relevance for today.
The Big Aiiieeeee! In Process, Patricia Y. Ikeda
The Big Aiiieeeee! In Process, Patricia Y. Ikeda
Asian American Literature: Discourses & Pedagogies
On its 45th publication anniversary, we can see the Aiiieeeee! anthology of Asian American literature in context of revolutionary process, a process of persistence that in the long run gains momentum as fruitful resistance to white, Eurocentric hegemony.
We Are Here, Susan K. Ito
We Are Here, Susan K. Ito
Asian American Literature: Discourses & Pedagogies
No abstract provided.
Aiiieeeee! And I, Bryan Thao Worra
Aiiieeeee! And I, Bryan Thao Worra
Asian American Literature: Discourses & Pedagogies
No abstract provided.
The Gift Of Aiiieeeee!, David Mura
The Gift Of Aiiieeeee!, David Mura
Asian American Literature: Discourses & Pedagogies
This article chronicles the influence of the groundbreaking Asian American anthology Aiiieeeee! on the work of Japanese American and Asian American author David Mura.
On The Republication Of Aiiieeeee!, Garrett Hongo
On The Republication Of Aiiieeeee!, Garrett Hongo
Asian American Literature: Discourses & Pedagogies
A note on republication of AIIIEEEEE!
Cypher [How An Anthology Helped A Mixed-Race Filipino American Writer Draft A Novel], Brian Ascalon Roley
Cypher [How An Anthology Helped A Mixed-Race Filipino American Writer Draft A Novel], Brian Ascalon Roley
Asian American Literature: Discourses & Pedagogies
In this work of creative nonfiction, Brian Ascalon Roley, the author of American Son (W.W. Norton, 2001) recounts the cultural landscape of the late 20thc. America for Filipino American and mixed-race writers as he recounts some of the events that influenced his novel’s conception and explains how stumbling upon an anthology helped him to revise the draft. It was one of the first novels to feature mixed-race Filipino American characters, and would go on to receive the Association of Asian American Studies Award.
Introduction To Volume Ten: Aiiieeeee! At 45, Tara Fickle, Wei Ming Dariotis
Introduction To Volume Ten: Aiiieeeee! At 45, Tara Fickle, Wei Ming Dariotis
Asian American Literature: Discourses & Pedagogies
The editors of the special issue on Aiiieeeee! locate the seminal anthology within the history of Asian American literature as a scholarly discipline and contextualize contributor's responses to the personal and cumulative effects of Aiiieeeee! on the Asian American literary landscape.