Asian American dreams
Subtitle: the emergence of an American people
By: Helen Zia.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux; Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
Subjects: Zia, Helen; Asian Americans -- Cultural assimilation; Asian Americans -- Ethnic identity; Asian Americans -- Social conditions
Description: "This book is about the transformation of Asian American; from a few small, disconnected, and largely invisible ethnic groups that is influenced in every aspect of American society.

It explores the junctures that shocked Asian Americans into motion and shaped a new consciousness, including the murder of Vincent Chin, a Chinese American, by two white autoworkers who believed he was Japanese; the apartheid-life working conditions of Filipinos in the Alaska salmon canneries; the boycott of Korean American greengrocers in Brooklyn; the L.A. riots; and the casting of non-Asians in the Broadway musical Miss Saigon.

The book also examines the rampant stereotyping of Asian Americans, which has an impact on key issues concerning all Americans, from affirmative action and campaign finance to popular culture and national security."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-327) and index.