Dragon Ladies: Asian American Feminists Breathe Fire
Asian American feminism is a political hybrid linking very different cultures. "We all  share the same rung on the racial hierarchy and on the gender hierarchy," asserts Sonia Shah, the  editor of this appropriately diverse collection of writings. In it, Shamita Das Dasgupta and her daughter,  Sayantani Das Dasgupta, comment on both raising and being third-world activists in the American  Midwest, teetering outside the approved boundaries of largely white feminist groups and the Indian  community. Margarita Alcantara, editor of the zineBamboo Girl; Leslie Mah, lead guitarist of  Tribe 8; and oxymoronic moderator Selena Whang explode model minority images with a freewheeling  round robin on issues and events facing self-identified queer, punk Asians. Community activists Bandana  Purkayastha, Shyamala Raman, and Kshiteeja Bhide expound on their agency SNEHA, which embodies  the contradictions faced by Asian American feminists trying to empower women while respecting cultural  traditions.Dragon Ladies: Asian American Feminists Breathe Fireis raw and powerful.