Restoried Selves: Autobiographies of Queer Asian / Pacific American Ac

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Restoried Selves: Autobiographies of Queer Asian / Pacific American Activists presents the first-person accounts of 20 activists—life stories that work against common stereotypes, shattering misconceptions and dispelling misinformation. These autobiographies challenge familial and cultural expectations and values that have traditionally forced queer Asian / Pacific Americans into silent... Read more

Restoried Selves: Autobiographies of Queer Asian / Pacific American Activists presents the first-person accounts of 20 activists—life stories that work against common stereotypes, shattering misconceptions and dispelling misinformation. These autobiographies challenge familial and cultural expectations and values that have traditionally forced queer Asian / Pacific Americans into silent shame because of their sexual orientation and/or ethnicity. Authors share not only their experiences growing up but also how those experiences led them to become social activists, speaking out against oppression.

Many harmful untruths—or “stories”—about queer Asian-Pacific Americans have been repeated so often, they are accepted as fact. Restoried Selves: Autobiographies of Queer Asian / Pacific American Activists provides a forum for voices often ignored in academic literature to “re-story” themselves, addressing a range of experiences that includes cultural differences and values, conflicts between different generations in a family or between different groups in a community, and difficulties and rewards of coming out. Those giving voice to their stories through narrative and other writing genres include the transgendered and intersexed, community activists, youths, and parents.

The stories told in Restoried Selves: Autobiographies of Queer Asian / Pacific American Activists reflect on:

personal experiences—based on country of origin, educational background, religion, gender, and age
populations served by activism, including the working poor, immigrants, adoptees, youth, women, and families
different arenas of activism, including schools, governments, social services, and the Internet
issues targeted by activism, including affirmative action, HIV/AIDS education, mental health, interracial relationships, and sexual violence
institutions in need of change, including legal, religious, and educational entities
and much more!

Restoried Selves: Autobiographies of Queer Asian / Pacific American Activists is an essential read for academics and researchers working in Asian American studies, ethnic studies, gender studies, and queer studies, and for LGBTQ youth and their parents, teachers, and social service providers. Read less

About the Editor
Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. An Interview with a High School Activist
2. Curry Potatoes and Rainbow Banners
3. We Are Not Gay
4. Fragmented Entries, Multiple Selves: In Search of a Place to Call Home
5. You’re a What? An Activist??
6. On Becoming a Bi Bi Grrrl
7. My Multiple Identity Disorder
8. South of Normal
9. Three Masks
10. All-American Asian
11. Queerly a Good Friday
12. Three Strikes, I’M OUT! A Chicana Samoan Dyke’s Tale
13. Activism and the Consciousness of Difference
14. prelude and fugue in yellow and grey
15. Activism and Identity Through the Word: A Mixed-Race Woman Claims Her Space
16. Things Come When Least Expected
17. Out on the Front Lines
Afterword
Index

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Kevin Kumashiro

Restoried Selves Autobiographies of Queer Asian / Pacific American Activists

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