Making Waves: An Anthology of Writings By and About Asian American Women

by Diane Yen-Mei Wong (Editor), Asian Women United of California (Editor), Gloria Oberst (Contributor)

Contains:
General introduction : a woman-centered perspective on Asian American history by Sucheta Mazumdar
Poem by the wellside by Meena Alexander
OkasanbyMother [poem] by Sakae S. Roberson
A girl on the swing [poem] by Chungmi Kim
The people here : a letter [poem] by Myrna Peña-Reyes
Magic island [poem] by Cathy Song
The world of our grandmothers by Connie Young Yu
Voices from the past : why they came by Dorothy Cordova
Korean immigrant women in early twentieth-century America by Sun Bin Yim
The hardships of escape for Vietnamese women by Van Luu
Shadow in stone [poem] by Janice Mirikitani
We the exiled [poem] by Brenda Paik Sunoo
War story by Elaine H. Kim
The hopeland by K. Kam
My mother's purple dress by Evelyn Lee and Gloria Oberst
Nisei women and resettlement during World War II by Valerie Matsumoto
And all the girls cried [poem] by Kathy Wong
Chinatown talking story [poem] by Kitty Tsui
Issei working women in Hawaii by Gail M. Nomura
Ladies on the line : Punjabi cannery workers in central California by Marcelle Williams
Behind unmarked doors : developments in the garment industry by Diane Yen-Mei Wong with Dennis Hayashi
Women in the Silicon Valley by Rebecca Villones
Asian American women in broadcasting by Felicia Lowe
The gap between striving and achieving : the case of Asian American women by Deborah Woo
Mother [poem] by Beheroze F. Shroff
The loom by R.A. Sasaki
The parrot's beak by Kartar Dhillon
Waiting for Papa's return by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
Dreams of Manong Frankie by Virginia Cerenio
Behind the shadow [poem] by Angela Lobo-Cobb
Double doors [poem] by Jonny Sullivan Price
Growing up Asian in America by Kesaya E. Noda
Makapuu Bay by Wakako Yamauchi
Broad shoulders by Nellie Wong
You're short, besides! by Sucheng Chan
Mestiza girlhood : interracial families in Chicago's Filipino American community since 1925 by Barbara M. Posadas
Asian American lesbians : an emerging voice in the Asian American community by Pamela H.
Factory girls [poem] by Chea Villanueva
Mosquitoes in the main room by Meena Alexander
Two deserts by Valerie Matsumoto
Lotus blossoms don't bleed : images of Asian women by Renee E. Tajima
The business of selling mail-order brides by Venny Villapando
Domestic violence among Pacific Asians by Nilda Rimonte
Matchmaking in the classifieds of the immigrant Indian press by Rashmi Luthra
In remembrance [poem] by Janice Mirikitani
For the poets of "Firetree" on the second anniversary of the death of Benigno Aquino [poem] by Valorie Bejarano
Growing up, 1968-1985 by Juanita Tamayo Lott
The feminist movement : where are all the Asian American women? by Esther Ngan-Ling Chow
From homemaker to housing advocate : an interview with Mrs. Chang Jok Lee by Nancy Diao
Dust and dishes : organizing workers by Yoichi Shimatsu and Patricia Lee
Seeking a voice : South Asian women's groups in North America by Jyotsna Vaid
Asian Pacific American women in mainstream politics by Judy Chu

Genres: Nonfiction, Anthologies, Feminism, Asian American, Theory, Social Justice, Short Stories

481 pages, Paperback

First published June 28, 1989

Reviews

[Sue · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was assigned reading for my Asian American Literature course at UCR.

[Linda Le · Rating 4 out of 5]

the book paved the way for many great books in academia to follow as it pertains to asn am women

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