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Topic “History”

Filling the Void

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the sparse coverage of the Asian American community in the Gulf Coast drudged up a familiar feeling in me — one of sadness, frustration and neglect. It’s a feeling that I have been working to overcome for...

Corky Lee | Sat, Nov 19th- 10:57am | Community, Exposed, Issue 24: Survival, History, Media, Photography

Playing with History

Since I was very young, I have seen photographs of Jerome, AR. In one, my grandmother is standing in front of a black tar paper-covered barrack. She is holding my infant mother, who is wrapped in a wool blanket, a white cap on her head. There are...

Cathlin Goulding | Tue, Nov 8th- 5:49pm | Lazy Susan, Issue 24: Survival, History, Media, Social Issues, University/Academics



Corky Lee
The People’s...

Judy Lei | Mon, Oct 31st- 9:00pm | Activism, Feature, Community, Issue 23: Bittersweet, History, Photography, Profiles, Social Justice

Mississippi Bok Choy

Telling the stories of Chinese American groceries in the South.

Nina Kahori Fal... | Sun, Dec 11th- 5:44pm | Arkansas, Chinese American, Mississippi, oral history, Food, Culture, Food, Issue 23: Bittersweet, History, Race

Our Own Song

Before Nobuko Miyamoto became a chopstick activist, she was probably best known for her role in what is commonly dubbed as the first Asian American...

Margot Seeto | Mon, Oct 31st- 4:15pm | A Song for Ourselves, charlie chin, Chris Ijima, yellow pearl, Food, Issue 23: Bittersweet, History, Music, Performing Arts

Underscoring Asian Pacific Americans' love of Spam and its use in both traditional and fusion meals is a history of US military expansion and corporate championing of the meat abroad, as it serves as comedic fodder at home.

Sylvie Kim | Tue, Jun 14th- 11:17am | korean american, militarism, robert ji-song ku, spam, spam musubi, Culture, Food, History

This Chinese American cinematographer's creative genius would garner him 10 Academy Award nominations and two wins – at a time when he also came head to head with anti-miscegenation laws and strong anti-immigrant sentiment.

Victoria Yue | Fri, May 13th- 8:08pm | APAH month, cinematography, film, filmmakers, James Wong Howe, Diaspora, Film Festivals, History, Immigration, Performing Arts, Politics, Profiles, Race, Social Issues, Social Justice

DVD Review: Hollywood Chinese

Written, produced, directed and edited by award-winning filmmaker Arthur Dong, Hollywood Chinese chronicles a century of Chinese American images in film.

Alvin Lin | Tue, Aug 23rd- 10:58am | Alvin Lin, Arthur Dong, Curse of Quon Gwon, DVD, Hollywood Chinese, media portrayal, Race, Culture, Film, Issue 23: Bittersweet, History, Media, Race


Last week I got an invite on Facebook to a pleasant Sunday afternoon outing of dim sum in Manhattan's Chinatown, followed by a brief excursion to Chinatown Fair, a nearby video game arcade. Indifferent to the prospect of dim sum, but not to...

Saif Ansari | Tue, Mar 8th- 10:05am | Blogger Column, manhattan chinatown, NYC, Community, History

Between now and January 1st, give the gift of a Hyphen subscription -- or buy yourself a subscription -- for a chance to win a DVD of AOKI, a documentary...

Momo Chang | Mon, Dec 20th- 11:40pm | AOKI, Ben Wang, DVD, film festival, Mike Cheng, Richard Aoki, Film, History

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