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BookDragon AsianWeek Tag

Appreciations in Japanese Culture by Donald Keene [in AsianWeek]

28 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Japanese, Nonfiction, Repost

Appreciations in Japanese Culture.KeeneThe paperback re-issue of a collection of essays on all things Japanese by the world’s most famous honorary almost-Japanese. Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek, March 28, 2003 Readers: Adult Published:...

Empire of Care: Nursing and Migration in Filipino American History by Catherine Ceniza Choy [in AsianWeek]

28 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Filipina/o, Filipina/o American, Nonfiction, Repost, Southeast Asian, Southeast Asian American

Empire of CareSince the lifting of immigration laws in 1965, the U.S. medical work force has had huge support from growing numbers of Filipino-trained medical staff arriving on U.S. shores, especially Filipino nurses. Choy...

The Artist’s Daughter: Poems by Kimiko Hahn [in AsianWeek]

28 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Hapa/Mixed-race, Japanese American, Poetry, Repost

Artist's DaughterHahn is unflinching in her exploration of life – from murdering mothers to searching daughters to waiting wives, to necrophilia to fairy tales to deformed bodies …. Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek,...

All Over Creation by Ruth Ozeki + Author Interview [in AsianWeek]

14 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Author Interview/Profile, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

All Over CreationThe Creation of Fiction Time for true confessions: When I read Ruth Ozeki's first novel, My Year of Meats, a quirky, rollicking, memorable adventure about a documentary filmmaker who exposes the abuses in...

Goodbye, Tsugumi by Banana Yoshimoto, translated by Michael Emmerich [in AsianWeek]

28 Feb, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Translation, Young Adult Readers

Goodbye TsugumiAnother quirky tale – a love story of sorts – from Japan’s favorite Gen-Xer, this time about two extremely different cousins who spend a summer together by the seashore. Review: "New and Notable...

Vestiges of War: The Philippine-American War and the Aftermath of an Imperial Dream 1899-1999 edited by Angel Velasco Shaw and Luis H. Francia [in AsianWeek]

28 Feb, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Afghan American, Filipina/o, Filipina/o American, Nonfiction, Repost, Southeast Asian, Southeast Asian American

Vestiges of WarAn overwhelming, necessary, eye-witnessing anthology of the legacy of a century of colonial – political, economic, and especially social – occupation of the Philippines by the United States. Review: "New and...

Six Girls Without Pants: Poems by Paisley Rekdal [in AsianWeek]

28 Feb, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Hapa/Mixed-race, Poetry, Repost

Six Girls Without PantsFrom the author of the fabulous memoir The Night My Mother Met Bruce Lee about growing up hapa, a new collection of irreverent, irresistible, humorous, heartbreaking poems. Review: "New...

Asian American Politics: Law, Participation, and Policy edited by Don T. Nakanishi and James S. Lai [in AsianWeek]

28 Feb, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Nonfiction, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Repost

Asian American PoliticsA comprehensive overview of the history of Asian American politics, from the early historical cases of the first Asian immigrants against exclusion, to significant immigration law changes in 1924 (which virtually shut...

Entry Denied: Controlling Sexuality at the Border by Eithne Luibhéid [in AsianWeek]

28 Feb, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Japanese American, Latina/o/x, Memoir, Repost

Entry DeniedProvocative, though rather academic study of immigration controls based on gender – from turn-of-the-century Chinese prostitutes to present-day homosexuals. Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek, February 28, 2003 Readers: Adult Published: 2002...

Fashion Victim: Our Love-Hate Relationship with Dressing, Shopping, and the Cost of Style by Michelle Lee [in AsianWeek]

28 Feb, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Repost

Fashion VictimWhile it may not keep you away from the malls and chic-chic boutiques, it may at least make you think twice about what you’re buying … the fashion-world exposé for every shopaholic in your...

Contemporary Korean Cinema: Identity, Culture and Politics by Hyangjin Lee [in AsianWeek]

28 Feb, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Korean, Nonfiction, Repost

Contemporary Korean CinemaSocio-historic summary of Korean cinema though films of three periods: pre-separation between North and South and the Japanese occupation, North/South division, and the postwar reality of a divided people. Review: "New...

Multiple Modernities: Cinemas and Popular Media in Transcultural East Asia edited by Jenny Kwok Wah Lau [in AsianWeek]

28 Feb, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Nonfiction, Repost, Taiwanese

Multiple ModernitiesThe concept of “Western modernity” traveling east throughout Asia, as it is reflected in the contemporary cinemas of Japan, Korea, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek, February 28,...

Cinema of Interruptions: Action Genres in Contemporary Indian Cinema by Lalitha Gopalan [in AsianWeek]

28 Feb, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Indian, Indian American, Nonfiction, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American

Cinema of InterruptionsWith the growing presence of Indian film titles, a timely primer on how Bollywood (thankfully) is certainly not Hollywood. Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek, February 28, 2003 Readers: Adult Published: 2002...

Inventing Japan: 1853-1964 by Ian Buruma [in AsianWeek]

28 Feb, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Japanese, Nonfiction, Repost

Inventing JapanFrom Commodore Perry’s “opening” of Japanese ports to the 1964 Tokyo Olympics when the Japanese shocked the world by winning 16 gold medals, a lively look at the rise of modern Japan. Review: <a href="http://bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/asianweek-2003-02-28-new-and-notable-books.pdf"...

Confinement and Ethnicity: An Overview of World War II Japanese American Relocation Sites by Jeffery F. Burton, Mary M. Farrell, Florence B. Lord, and Richard W. Lord [in AsianWeek]

28 Feb, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Japanese American, Nonfiction, Repost

Confinement and EthnicityExtremely timely title, especially with impending war upon us, that offers “an overview of the tangible remains currently left at the sites of the Japanese American internment during World War II.” Includes...

My Country Versus Me: The First-Hand Account by the Los Alamos Scientist Who Was Falsely Accused of Being a Spy by Wen Ho Lee with Helen Zia [in AsianWeek]

31 Jan, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost

My Country Vs. MeAnd while the FBI was desperately searching for nothing, the spy of the century – Richard Hanssen – was having a heyday right in the Bureau’s back yard. Review: <a href="http://bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com/files/2009/05/2003-01-31-new-and-notable.pdf"...

The Guru of Love: A Novel by Samrat Upadhyay [in AsianWeek]

31 Jan, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Nepali American, Repost

Guru of LoveAnother debut novel, this time about a married math teacher, his illicit affair with his teenage tutee, and what happens when he confesses all to his wife. Be ready to be surprised… Review:...

Nanjing 1937: A Love Story by Ye Zhaoyan, translated by Michael Berry [in AsianWeek]

31 Jan, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Chinese, Fiction, Repost, Translation

Nanjing 1937An almost comic tale about an immature, overprivileged, married professor who falls in love with a much younger woman on her wedding day, set on the eve of the horrific Rape of Nanjing when...

Where Europe Begins by Yoko Tawada, translated from the German by Susan Bernofsky and from the Japanese by Yumi Selden [in AsianWeek]

31 Jan, by SIBookDragon in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, European, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Short Stories, Translation

Where Europe BeginsAn undeniably superb, even breathtaking short story collection about life spent in the “in-between” by the Japanese-born, German-domiciled, multi-dimensioned Tawada. Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek, January...

Grass Roof, Tin Roof by Dao Strom [in AsianWeek]

31 Jan, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Repost, Southeast Asian American, Vietnamese American

Grass RoofAn effective, haunting debut novel about three siblings growing up Vietnamese in America – an often disorienting experience reflected in an elliptical, impressionistic style. Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek<a href="http://bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com/files/2009/05/2003-01-31-new-and-notable.pdf"...

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