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Restoried Selves: Autobiographies of Queer Asian-Pacific-American Activists (Haworth Gay & Lesbian Studies)
by
Kevin K. Kumashiro
,
Pabitra Benjamin
,
Jeanette Mei Gim Lee
,
Cristina M. Misa
,
Pauline Park
,
K. Terumi Shorb
,
Wendy M. Thompson
,
"You Yun"
,
more…
Restoried Selves: Autobiographies of Queer Asian-Pacific-American Activists
presents the first-person accounts of 20 self-identified queer Asian-Pacific Americans-life stories that work against common stereotypes, shattering misconceptions and dispelling misinformation. These autobiographies challenge familial and cultural expectations and values that have traditionally fo
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offers 17 heartfelt and introspective accounts of queer APIA activists and their struggles. Each author shows how their personal stories inform their activist framework, something I've never seen from a queer APIA perspective in written form. This collection offers a critical eye to topics such as religion, adoptees, multiracial identities. Even the definition of "activism" is broadly defined, whether taking place in the streets, in high schools, universities, abroad, at home or
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It had a variety of essays from various queer api activists. Most of them were well written and helps give insight on the different cultural barriers that we face being a queer person. It was nice also to be able to relate and empathize with the writers being a 1st generation queer womyn of color.
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