Acts of “Desicreation”: Urban Space and South Asian American Identity in Tanuja Desai Hidier’s Born Confused

2009 ◽  
pp. 135-145
Author(s):  
Melinda L. de Jesus
Keyword(s):  
South Asian ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Asian American ◽  
American Identity ◽  
South Asian American ◽  
Asian American Identity

What's the Matter?: Shakti's (Re)Collection of Race, Nationhood, and Gender

2006 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 72-95
Author(s):  
Anita Kumar
Keyword(s):  
South Asian ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Group Identity ◽  
School Community ◽  
American Identity ◽  
South Asian American ◽  
Asian American Identity ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Essay Contest

The 2005 Student Essay Contest winner weaves together the narratives of members of Viji Prakash's Shakti bharatanatyam school community, dancing in and out of positions of marginality to unravel the notion of group identity as cohesive, homogenous, and pure as she confronts her own performance and corporealization of South Asian American identity.

From Merging Histories to Emerging Identities: An “Asian” Museum as a Site of Pan-ethnic Identity Promotion

2007 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-54
Author(s):  
Chong-suk Han ◽  
Edward Echtle
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Social Ties ◽  
Pacific Islander ◽  
American Identity ◽  
Asian Pacific Islander ◽  
Common Problems ◽  
Asian American Identity ◽  
Asian Pacific ◽  
A Site

In this paper, we explore the significance of the Wing Luke Asian Museum (WLAM) in Seattle, Washington as a site where pan-ethnic Asian American identity can be promoted by analyzing the strategies employed by the staff and artists of the WLAM to promote, foster and disseminate a larger Asian Pacific Islander American pan-ethnic identity. We argue that museums are a significant site that can “provide a setting for persons of diverse Asian backgrounds to establish social ties and to discuss their common problems and experiences.”

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