Rise : a pop history of Asian America from the nineties to now / Jeff Yang, Phil Yu, Philip Wang ; illustrated by Julia Kuo.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780358508090
- ISBN: 0358508096
- Physical Description: xi, 484 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Boston : Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Intimate, indispensable, and in progress" -- Cover. Includes index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Before. Before : an essay / by Jeff Yang ; Who's Asian American? ; When inclusion can turn into erasure ; The Asian American syllabus: 1980s and before ; Undercover Asians: 1980s and before ; Original synth: the anthems of young Asian America ; Twelve court cases that shaped Asian America ; The propaganda family tree ; Why Vincent Chin still matters ; How to yellowface ; Yellowface: in the beginning ; Miss Saigon family tree ; The Asian American playlist: 1980s and before ; Where the heart is: Asian ethnic enclaves ; Asian American atlas ; Founding fathers and mothers: 1980s and before ;Stuff Asians like -- 1990s. The 1990s: an essay / by Jeff Yang ; Asian Americans on campus ; The Asian American syllabus: 1990s ; Sa-I-Gu 1992: remembering the Los Angeles riots ; The long dark shadow of "Me love you long time" ; Asian American food glow up ; Asian Americans dot com ; How to "AZN" ; Asian Avenue, annotated ; The style list: 1990s ; Generation gap: 1990s ; Speed racers ; The Asian American playlist: the 1990s ; Setting sail on the Love Boat ; Spaces: Asian home ; Boba triumphant ; The Joy Luck Club remembered ; How the golden age of Hong Kong cinema gave us hope ; Bollywood saved us ; Awesome Asian bad guys ; Reflections on Mulan ; After Connie ; When Asian American indie features suddenly mattered ; It all began with Margaret Cho ; What's funny?: 1990s ; The Asian American yearbook: the 1990s ; Spaces: Asian grocery store ; Founding fathers and mothers: 1990s ; Anime of the people ; Yellowface in the 1990s ; DISGRASIAN: 1990s ; Undercover Asians: 1990s ; RISE: a poem -- 2000s. The 2000s: an essay / by Phil Yu ; Suburbasia ; "Dis-spelled" ; Spaces: the boba shop ; The Asian American syllabus: 2000s ; 9/11: remembering a tragedy and the dark days that followed ; Spin doctors: how Filipino American DJs turned the tables on hip-hop ; Stepping into the cypher: Asian American rappers ; MC Jin's greatest hits ; The trails of Dr. Wen Ho Lee ; Tomorrow never dies ; Animasians: the cartoon characters that shaped our kidhood ; Harold and Kumar ; Spaces: the Asian American film festival ; Elevated or appropriated? ; "Asian night": the Asian party scene ; The style list: 2000s ; Generasian gap: 2000s ; The Asian American reality TV hall of fame ; William Hung does not need your sympathy ; The Asian American playlist: 2000s ; Bhangra is the beat ; The dance crew revolution ; Tops of the tube: pioneers of Asian American YouTube ; The musicians: a YouTube playlist ; Founding fathers and mothers: 2000s ; The do-over ; Spaces: finding our religion ; What's funny: 2000s ; The wonderful world of white saviors ; Yellowface in the 2000s ; The Asian American yearbook: the 2000s ; DISGRASIAN: 2000s ; Undercover Asians: 2000s -- 2010s. The 2010s: an essay / by Philip Wang ; The Asian American playlist: the 2010s ; Hashtag # ASIANAMERICA ; Remembering Linsanity ; The Asian American syllabus: 2010s ; Tops of the tube: Asian American YouTube crosses over ; The seven stages of PSY ; Clawing back at tiger mom ; This isn't even my final form: the evolution of Asian memes ; Appreciation of appropriation? ; Hallyu like me now ; Generasian gap: 2010s ; The style list: 2010s ; Asians all the rave ; Spaces: a night in Koreatown ; LOVE, Asian American style ; What's funny?: 2010s ; The FAQ about Apu ; #StarringJohnCho ; Fresh Off the Boat: a retrospective ; Three kings ; The road to Crazy Rich Asians ; Spaces: university culture fest ; Founding fathers and mothers: 2010s ; Asian celebrity chefs ; The Asian American yearbook: the 2010s ; Gaming while Asian ; Coming out in public ; DISGRASIAN: 2010s ; Undercover Asians: 2010s ; Yellowface in the 2010s ; It's a bird... it's a plane... it's Asian superheroes -- Beyond. Beyond: an essay / Jeff Yang, Phil Yu, and Philip Wang ; Black and Asian: a conversation ; After "Asian August": a conversation ; Spaces: life during COVID ; The essential Awkwafina 12-pack ; Tomorrow, the world: talking with the founders of subtle Asian traits ; BTS: inside the American ARMY ; She, Rose: an interview with Kelly Marie Tran ; The math of Andrew Yang ; A sign of things to come ; It's an honor just to be Sandra : an interview with Sandra Ok ; The first action hero -- Afterword. |
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Author Notes
Rise : A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now
JEFF YANG has been observing, exploring, and writing about the Asian American community for over thirty years. He launched one of the first Asian American national magazines, A. Magazine , in the late '90s and early 2000s, and now writes frequently for CNN, Quartz, Slate and elsewhere. He has written/edited three books--Jackie Chan's New York Times -best-selling memoir I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action ; Once Upon a Time in China , a history of the cinemas of Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Mainland; and Eastern Standard Time: A Guide to Asian Influence on American Culture. He lives in Los Angeles, CA. PHIL YU is the founder and editor of the popular Asian American news and culture blog, Angry Asian Man , which has had a devoted following since 2001. His commentary has been featured and quoted in Washington Post , New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR , and elsewhere. He lives in Los Angeles, CA. PHILIP WANG is the co-founder of the hugely influential production company Wong Fu Productions. Since the mid 2000s, his creative work has garnered over 3 million subscribers and half a billion views online, as well as recognition from NPR and CNN for its impact on Asian American representation. He lives in Los Angeles, CA.