1st Edition
Just Another Chinese Violinist Chinese American Strings Students in Public Schools
Part 1: The Stories, 1. Ava’s Story: When I was in China, I Felt Like Me D.C.’s Story: I Really Liked the Playing Tests. They Made Me Feel More Heard John’s Story: I Guess I Quit Cello Because I Was Throwing for Content Autumn’s Story: I’m Too American to Be Chinese, and Too Chinese to Be American Ella’s Story: We Asian Are Not Just One Body. We Are All Different Sharon’s Story: I Might as Well Just Be Myself Janice’s Story: In Middle School, I Switched to Playing the Bass as a Gag Part 2: The Research, 2. Introduction, 3. Methods Part 3: A Tapestry of Music and Identity, 4. Warp Thread: Ava Warp Thread: Janice, Weft Thread: Transnational Context, 5. Warp Thread: Ella, Weft Thread: Asianization Process—Perpetual Foreigner, 6. Warp Thread: John, Weft Thread: Asianization Process—Gendered Racialization, 7. Warp Thread: Autumn, Weft Thread: Asianization Process—Model Minority Stereotype, 8.Warp Thread: Sharon, Weft Thread: Chinese Parenting, 9. Warp Thread: D.C., Weft Thread: Chinese American Identity Warp Thread: Lily Part 4: Weaving the Edges, 10. Conclusions and Implications, References, Index
Biography
Dr Lily Lung-Grant was born and raised in Colonial British Hong Kong. She has been working as a public-school music teacher in Connecticut, U.S.A. for the past 20 years. She has published choral works under Carl Fischer and Boosey & Hawkes. She attended Wesleyan University (B.A. Sociology), Central Connecticut States University (M.S. Music Education), and Boston University (D.M.A. Music Education). Her research focus are anti-racist music education, Chinese American history, and Asian American history.
