Serve the People: Making Asian America in the Long Sixties

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Serve the People: Making Asian America in the Long Sixties

A narrative history of the movement that turned â€œOrientalsâ€ into Asian Americans

Until the political ferment of the Long Sixties, there were no Asian Americans. There were only isolated communities of mostly Chinese, Japanese, and Filipinos lumped together as â€œOrientals.â€ Serve the People tells the story of the social and cultural movement that knit these disparate communities into a political identity, the history of howâ€”and whyâ€”the double consciousness of Asian America came to be.

At the same time, Karen Ishizukaâ€™s vivid narrative reveals the personal epiphanies and intimate stories of insurgent movers and shakers and ground-level activists alike. Drawing on more than 120 interviews and illustrated with striking images from guerrilla movement publications, the book evokes the feeling of growing up alien in a society rendered in black and white, and recalls the intricate memories and meanings of the Asian American movement. Serve the People paints a panoramic landscape of a radical time, and is destined to become the definitive history of the making of Asian America.
Country USA
Brand Verso
Manufacturer Verso
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2016-03-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781781688625

Country	USA
Brand	Verso
Manufacturer	Verso
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2016-03-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781781688625

Serve the People: Making Asian America in the Long Sixties

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