Our Voices, Our Histories: Asian American and Pacific Islander Women [Hardcover]

An innovative anthology showcasing Asian American and Pacific Islander womens histories

Our Voices, Our Historiesbrings together thirty-five Asian American and Pacific Islander authors in a single volume to explore the historical experiences, perspectives, and actions of Asian American and Pacific Islander women in the United States and beyond.

This volume is unique in exploring Asian American and Pacific Islander womens lives along local, transnational, and global dimensions. The contributions present new research on diverse aspects of Asian American and Pacific Islander womens history, from the politics of language, to the role of food, to experiences as adoptees, mixed race, and second generation, while acknowledging shared experiences as women of color in the United States.

Our Voices, Our Historiesshowcases how new approaches in US history, Asian American and Pacific Islander studies, and Womens and Gender studies inform research on Asian American and Pacific Islander women. Attending to the collective voices of the women themselves, the volume seeks to transform current understandings of Asian American and Pacific Islander womens histories.

Carrying the thread of womens agency throughout, this anthology encompasses struggles and triumphs around social, cultural, and civic citizenship, expanding outward from the US context to incorporate analyses of how gender is always already intersectional and intertwined with globalization, transnationalism, and empire-building in the Asian American and Pacific Islander context. . . . A welcome addition. A field-defining work, charting the past, present, and future of Asian American womens history. This immersive anthology begins to address gaps and transform understanding in history and literature by, for and about Asian American and Pacific Islander women.