Dragon Ladies Asian American Feminists Breathe Fire

Name: Dragon Ladies Asian American Feminists Breathe Fire
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ISBN: 9780896085756

ISBN-10: 0896085759

ISBN-13: 9780896085756

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Authors: Sonia Shah, Yuri Kochiyama, Karin Aguilar-San Juan

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Book details

List price: $22.00
Publisher: South End Press
Publication date: 7/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 241
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Karin Aguilar-San Juan is associate professor of American studies at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota.



Preface: Trailblazing in a White World: A Brief History of Asian/Pacific American Women


Foreword: Breathing Fire. Confronting Power and Other Necessary Acts of Resistance


Introduction Slaying the Dragon Lady: Toward an Asian American Feminism



Strategies and Visions


Critical Visions: The Representation and Resistance of Asian Women


A Slippery Path: Organizing Resistance to Violence Against Women


Redefining the Home: How Community Elites Silence Feminist Activism


On Asian America, Feminism, and Agenda-Making: A Roundtable Discussion



an Agenda for Change


Asian Women's Health: Organizing a Movement


Expanding Environmental Justice: Asian American Feminists Contribution


Empowering Women: Sneha's Multifaceted Activism


Building Shelter: Asian Women and Domestic Violence



Global Perspectives


Breaking the Cycle: Women Workers Confront Corporate Greed Globdllg


The Global Trade in Filipina Workers


Lost in Translation: Western Feminism and Asian Women



Awakening to Power


Revolution's from the Heart: The Making of an Asian American Woman Activist. Yuri Kochiyama


Bringing Up Baby: Raising a "Third World" Daughter in the "First World"


Searching for the Ox: The Spiritual Journey of an Asian American Feminist Activist


Yellowdykecore: Queer, Punk 'N' Asian: A Roundtable Discussion


About the Contributors


Index