YELL-Oh Girls! Emerging Voices Explore Culture, Identity, and Growing Up Asian American
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0060959444
ISBN 13
9780060959449
Category
Critical Race & Ethnic Studies
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Publication Year
2001
Publisher
Pages
336
Description
In this groundbreaking collection of personal writings, young Asian American girls come together for the first time and engage in a dynamic converstions about the unique challenges they face in their lives. Promoted by a variety of pressing questions from editor Vickie Nam and culled from hundreds of submission from all over the country, these revelatory essays, poems, and stories tackle such complex issues as dual identities, culture clashes, family matters, body image, and the need to find one's voice.With a foreword by Phoebe Eng, as well as contributions from accomplished Asian American women mentors Janice Mirikitani, Helen Zia, Nora Okja Keller, Lois-Ann Yamanaka, Elaine Kim, Patsy Mink, and Wendy Mink, Yell-Oh Girls! is an inspiring and much-needed resource for young Asian American girls. - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
