Asian Women: Interconnections

TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 6
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 9
INTRODUCTION......Page 10
HERSTORIES: LIVED EXPERIENCES......Page 28
CHAPTER 1: Issues in Constituting asian-canadian feminisms......Page 30
Why Now? Why This Term?......Page 31
What's in a Name?......Page 32
asian canadian as a Political Constituency......Page 35
acf as Ambiguity and Struggle......Page 40
The Need for asian-canadian feminist Thought......Page 43
A Beginning......Page 46
acf in Women's Studies Classrooms......Page 49
Asian Feminist Transnationalism......Page 51
Conclusion......Page 52
Introduction......Page 56
The Intersectionality Paradigm: "Why Can I Not Work in Canada?"......Page 58
Border Crossing......Page 59
First Moments......Page 61
The Canvas of Life......Page 64
Conclusion......Page 71
Introduction......Page 76
Alternative Space Imagined for Women......Page 78
Rearticulation of Gender Identity through Transnational Experience......Page 83
Becoming Women of "Colour"......Page 91
Conclusion......Page 98
Introduction......Page 101
No Education for Girls: A Chinese Childhood in Australia......Page 102
Rene's Marriage: Following Your Rooster When You Are Married to a Rooster......Page 108
Diasporic Culture and Implications for Women in Diaspora......Page 116
IMAGINING ASIAN-NESS IN THE DIASPORA......Page 122
Introduction......Page 124
Story: Remembering......Page 129
Myth: Retelling......Page 136
Poetry: Revisioning......Page 140
Conclusion: Transformations......Page 145
Introduction......Page 148
Hsieh Ping-ying and Mothers in May Fourth Writing......Page 154
Chinese Canadian Writers Representing Mothers......Page 159
Conclusion......Page 168
Introduction......Page 170
Problematizing "Asian" Women......Page 171
Historical Representations: The Legacy......Page 172
Contemporary Representations......Page 176
Dragon Ladies and Warrior Women......Page 179
The Warrior Woman and the Asian Goddess......Page 184
Condensing Two Traditions in One Sign......Page 187
Conclusion......Page 189
ASIA VIEWING......Page 192
Prologue: Beyond the Marriage Debates......Page 194
Hong Kong Cinema and the Lesbian Subject......Page 198
Theories of Triangles......Page 200
Heroic Masculinity and Femme Invisibility......Page 201
Romance and Its Discontent......Page 204
Heterosexual Horrors......Page 208
Introduction......Page 212
Women's Studies in China......Page 213
Women's Magazines and Feminist Activism......Page 215
Women's Studies in Women's Magazines......Page 218
Conclusion......Page 230
Introduction......Page 232
Worlds Apart? Analyzing Canadian Newspapers in Relation to SSP......Page 234
Hierarchies within: Analyzing Indian Newspapers in Relation to SSP......Page 242
Conclusion......Page 253
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 258
NOTES ON THE CONTRIBUTORS......Page 286
COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 288