The Snake Dance of Asian American Activism - Community, Vision, and Power

Informationen zum Autor Michael Liu is senior research associate and community programs coordinator at the Institute for Asian American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Kim Geron is associate professor in the Department of Political Science at California State University, East Bay. Tracy Lai teaches in the Department of History at Seattle Central Community College. Klappentext This text reinterprets a misunderstood epoch of the Asian American experience_the Asian American movement (AAM). The authors address the AAM's dramatic impact on the direction of Asian American political and social activity beginning in the 1960s, particularly in terms of neighborhood redevelopment, civil rights, international solidarity, and the Jesse Jackson presidential campaigns. They argue that the movement became the vehicle to bring Asian American communities into the mainstream of civil life. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Chapter 1. Exploring the Asian American Movement Using Social Movement Theory Chapter 3 Chapter 2. Background to the Formation of the AAM Chapter 4 Chapter 3. Swelling Rhythm: The 1960s Era and the Conditions for Change Chapter 5 Chapter 4. The Birth of the Movement: Stepping Toward New Values and New Community Chapter 6 Chapter 5. The Mature Movement (1976-1982): Weaving through New Surroundings Chapter 7 Chapter 6. From Vincent Chin to Jesse Jackson (1983-1989): The Horned Snake Rattles Chapter 8 Chapter 7. Last Dance and a New Motion in a Tube of Bamboo (post-1990) Chapter 9 Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Kim Geron, Geron Kim, Tracy Lai, Michael Liu, Michael/ Geron Liu
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.10.2008
• EAN: 9780739127209
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-2720-9
• No. of pages: 209
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social & cultural anthropology, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies