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Short stories in which a grandfather gambles on the monsoon rains, a consort has a new assignment, a religious man struggles with his demons. Central to the book is Isabella Sin, a girl from a small town who has become a prisoner of conscience in Malaysia's most notorious detention camp.
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Critical essays on the transnational Kashmiri-American poet.
Featuring essays by American, Indian, and British scholars, this collection offers critical appraisals and personal reflections on the life and work of the transnational poet Agha Shahid Ali (1949—2001). Though sometimes identified as an "Indian writer in English," Shahid came to designate himself as a Kashmiri-American writer in exile in the United States, where he lived for the latter...
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À la découverte des traditions et de la culture de la Malaisie.
Puissance économique d'Asie du Sud-Est, parmi les premières à se développer depuis son indépendance de l'Empire britannique en 1957 et la formation, en 1965, d'une nation telle qu'on la connaît aujourd'hui, avec la péninsule malaise d'un cté et le nord de l'île de Bornéo de l'autre, la Malaisie fait désormais entendre sa voix sur la scène internationale.
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An anthology of memoirs written by Senior Asian American participants in the senior Asian American writing workshop conducted by Genny Lim at the Japanese Community and Cultural Center of Northern California, San Francisco Japantown, in collaboration with Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center. Narratives include accounts of Japanese American Internment and post-internment by former detainees, Florence Dobashi, Harumi Serata and Michi Tashiro, an...
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Tsov tom, or tiger bite-an insult in Hmong culture-means you were stupid enough to approach a tiger and get bitten. In this remarkable new book, Hmong American women reclaim that phrase, showing in prose and poetry that they are strong enough and brave enough to stare down the tiger.
Contributors celebrate the power of bonds between daughter and mother, sister and sister, and grandmother and granddaughter. Only after climbing a mountain in Nepal...
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Farmers in Laos, U.S. allies during the Vietnam War, refugees in Thailand, settlers in the Western world--the stories of the Hmong have been told in detail through books and articles and oral histories over the past several decades. Like any immigrant group, the first generation may yearn for the past as they watch their children and grandchildren find their way in the dominant culture of their new home. For Hmong people born and educated in the United...
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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of The Sympathizer tells you what you need to know-before or after you read Viet Thanh Nguyen's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of The Sympathizer includes: Historical context; Chapter-by-chapter overviews; Profiles of the main characters; Themes and symbols;...
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Emerging from mid-century social movements, Civil Rights Era formations, and anti-war protests, Asian American studies is now an established field of transnational inquiry, diasporic engagement, and rights activism. These histories and origin points analogously serve as initial moorings for Flashpoints for Asian American Studies, a collection that considers–almost fifty years after its student protest founding--the possibilities of and limitations...
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Children will find a book about China very interesting. This will introduce children to a new way of life. This will also introduce children how children in China live on a daily basis. This will make children use their imagination to the fullest extent. Children will also be able to find out about different types of food that were never introduced to them. Children can also see how technology effects China on a daily basis. This will be a book they...
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The sequel to From Our Side of the Fence-personal stories of life after the WWII internment camps from twelve Japanese Americans.
Many books have chronicled the experience of Japanese Americans in the early days of World War II, when over 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry, two-thirds of whom were American citizens, were taken from their homes along the West Coast and imprisoned in concentration camps. When they were finally allowed to leave, a...
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