Restoried Selves : Autobiographies of Queer Asian / Pacific American Activists

ISBN-13: 9781560234623 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 172 str.

Kevin K. Kumashiro

Opis

Presents first person accounts of 20 activists - life stories that work against common stereotypes, shattering misconceptions and dispelling misinformation.

Spis treści

• About the Editor
• Contributors
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• 1. An Interview with a High School Activist
• 2. Curry Potatoes and Rainbow Banners
• 3. We Are Not Gay
• 4. Fragmented Entries, Multiple Selves: In Search of a Place to Call Home
• 5. You’re a What? An Activist??
• 6. On Becoming a Bi Bi Grrrl
• 7. My Multiple Identity Disorder
• 8. South of Normal
• 9. Three Masks
• 10. All-American Asian
• 11. Queerly a Good Friday
• 12. Three Strikes, I’M OUT! A Chicana Samoan Dyke’s Tale
• 13. Activism and the Consciousness of Difference
• 14. prelude and fugue in yellow and grey
• 15. Activism and Identity Through the Word: A Mixed-Race Woman Claims Her Space
• 16. Things Come When Least Expected
• 17. Out on the Front Lines
• Afterword
• Index

O autorze

Kevin Kumashiro