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Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Through "Our" Eyes: Asian/Pacific Islander American Women's History
Introduction: On Our Terms: Definitions and Context
Part 1 Re-envisioning Women's History
1 Constructed Images of Native Hawaiian Women
2 Unlearning Orientalism Locating Asian and Asian American Women in Family History
3 What Happened to the Women? Chinese and Indian Male Migration to the United States in Global Perspective
4 Exclusion Acts Chinese Women during the Chinese Exclusion Era, 1882-1943
5 Housewives, Men's Villages, and Sexual Respectability Gender and the Interrogation of Asian Women at the Angel Island Immigration Station
6 Redefining the Boundaries of Traditional Gender Roles Korean Picture Brides, Pioneer Korean Immigrant Women, and Their Benevolent Nationalism in Hawai'i
Part 3 Recovering Women's History through Oral History and Journal Writing
7 "A Bowlful of Tears" Lee Puey You's Immigration Experience at Angel Island
8 Filipina American Journal Writing Recovering Women's History
Part 4 Contesting Cultural Formations and Practices, Constructing New "Hybrid" Lives
9 "The Ministering Angel of Chinatown" Missionary Uplift, Modern Medicine, and Asian American Women's Strategies of Liminality
10 Japanese American Girls' Clubs in Los Angeles during the 1920s and 1930s
11 Contested Beauty Asian American Women's Cultural Citizenship during the Early Cold War Era
12 Passed into the Present Women in Hawaiian Entertainment
Part 5 Reshaping Lives and Communities after Militarism and War
13 Imagined Community Sisterhood and Resistance among Korean Military Brides in America, 1950-1996
14 Managing Survival Economic Realities for Vietnamese American Women
15 Scarred, yet Undefeated Hmong and Cambodian Women and Girls in the United States
Part 6 Negotiating Globalization,Work, and Motherhood
16 Asian Immigrant Women and Global Restructuring, 1970s-1990s
17 Politicizing Motherhood Chinese Garment Workers' Campaign for Daycare Centers in New York City, 1977-1982
18 Caring across Borders Motherhood, Marriage, and Filipina Domestic Workers in California
Part 7 Challenging Community and the State: Contemporary Spaces of Struggle
19 Asian1 Lesbians in San Francisco Struggles to Create a Safe Space, 1970s-1980s
20 Relocating Struggle: Filipino Nurses Organize in the United States
21 Opening Spaces South Asian American Women Leaders in the Late Twentieth Century
22 Chamorro Women, Self-Determination, and the Politics of Abortion in Guam
Part 8 Additional Resources
23 Asian American and Pacific Islander American Women as Historical Subjects: A Bibliographic Essay
24 "In Her Eyes" An Annotated Bibliography of Video Documentaries on Asian/Pacific Islander American Women
About the Contributors
Index
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Through "Our" Eyes: Asian/Pacific Islander American Women's History
Introduction: On Our Terms: Definitions and Context
Part 1 Re-envisioning Women's History
1 Constructed Images of Native Hawaiian Women
2 Unlearning Orientalism Locating Asian and Asian American Women in Family History
3 What Happened to the Women? Chinese and Indian Male Migration to the United States in Global Perspective
4 Exclusion Acts Chinese Women during the Chinese Exclusion Era, 1882-1943
5 Housewives, Men's Villages, and Sexual Respectability Gender and the Interrogation of Asian Women at the Angel Island Immigration Station
6 Redefining the Boundaries of Traditional Gender Roles Korean Picture Brides, Pioneer Korean Immigrant Women, and Their Benevolent Nationalism in Hawai'i
Part 3 Recovering Women's History through Oral History and Journal Writing
7 "A Bowlful of Tears" Lee Puey You's Immigration Experience at Angel Island
8 Filipina American Journal Writing Recovering Women's History
Part 4 Contesting Cultural Formations and Practices, Constructing New "Hybrid" Lives
9 "The Ministering Angel of Chinatown" Missionary Uplift, Modern Medicine, and Asian American Women's Strategies of Liminality
10 Japanese American Girls' Clubs in Los Angeles during the 1920s and 1930s
11 Contested Beauty Asian American Women's Cultural Citizenship during the Early Cold War Era
12 Passed into the Present Women in Hawaiian Entertainment
Part 5 Reshaping Lives and Communities after Militarism and War
13 Imagined Community Sisterhood and Resistance among Korean Military Brides in America, 1950-1996
14 Managing Survival Economic Realities for Vietnamese American Women
15 Scarred, yet Undefeated Hmong and Cambodian Women and Girls in the United States
Part 6 Negotiating Globalization,Work, and Motherhood
16 Asian Immigrant Women and Global Restructuring, 1970s-1990s
17 Politicizing Motherhood Chinese Garment Workers' Campaign for Daycare Centers in New York City, 1977-1982
18 Caring across Borders Motherhood, Marriage, and Filipina Domestic Workers in California
Part 7 Challenging Community and the State: Contemporary Spaces of Struggle
19 Asian1 Lesbians in San Francisco Struggles to Create a Safe Space, 1970s-1980s
20 Relocating Struggle: Filipino Nurses Organize in the United States
21 Opening Spaces South Asian American Women Leaders in the Late Twentieth Century
22 Chamorro Women, Self-Determination, and the Politics of Abortion in Guam
Part 8 Additional Resources
23 Asian American and Pacific Islander American Women as Historical Subjects: A Bibliographic Essay
24 "In Her Eyes" An Annotated Bibliography of Video Documentaries on Asian/Pacific Islander American Women
About the Contributors
Index