War Baby/Love Child: Mixed Race Asian American Art |
War Baby/Love Child: Mixed Race Asian American Art
University of Washington Press
January 2013
304 pages
63 illustrations, 44 in color, maps
7 x 10 in.
ISBN: 978-0-295-99225-9
Edited by
Laura Kina, Associate Professor Art, Media and Design and Director Asian American Studies
DePaul University
Wei Ming Dariotis, Associate Professor Asian American Studies
San Francisco State University
Cover art by Mequitta Ahuja
War Baby/Love Child examines hybrid Asian American identity through a collection of essays, artworks, and interviews at the intersection of critical mixed race studies and contemporary art. The book pairs artwork and interviews with nineteen emerging, mid-career, and established mixed race/mixed heritage Asian American artists, including Li-lan and Kip Fulbeck, with scholarly essays exploring such topics as Vietnamese Amerasians, Korean transracial adoptions, and multiethnic Hawai’i. As an increasingly ethnically ambiguous Asian American generation is coming of age in an era of “optional identity,” this collection brings together first-person perspectives and a wider scholarly context to shed light on changing Asian American cultures.
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Tags: Adrienne Pao, Albert Chong, Amanda Ross-Ho, Camilla Fojas, Cathy Schlund-Vials, Chris Naka, Cristina Lei Rodriguez, Debra Yepa-Pappan, Eleana J. Kim, Gina Osterloh, Jane Jin Kaisen, Jenifer Wofford, Ken Tanabe, Kent Ono, Kip Fulbeck, Laura Kina, Laurel Nakadate, Li-lan, Lori Kay, Lori Pierce, Louie Gong, Margo Machida, Mequitta Ahuja, Richard A. Lou, Rudy Guevarra, Serene Ford, Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu, Stuart Gaffney, University of Washington Press, Wei Ming Dariotis, Wendy Thompson Taiwo