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Ethical Manhoods: Interview with Professor and Filmmaker Celine Parreñas-Shimizu

Professor Parreñas-Shimizu talks about her latest book, Straitjacket Sexualities: Unbinding Asian American Manhoods in the Movies.

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Terry K Park | Thu, Jul 19th- 3:05pm | Asian American men, Blogger Column, book review, Celine Parreñas-Shimizu, Education, film, Gender, Interview, Linsanity, sexuality, Across the Desk, Books Section, Community, Culture, Film, Film Festivals, Gender, History, Media, Performing Arts, Profiles, Race, Reviews, Sex, SFIAAFF, Social Justice, Sports, TV, University/Academics

Review of Sandra Park's 'If You Live in a Small House'

Following the lives of a multigenerational Korean American family, Sandra Park captures the nuanced tensions between characters forced to live together in a too-small house, each one wishing for something more.

Eric Zhang | Thu, Jul 7th- 3:20pm | book review, Books, fiction, If You Live in a Small House, Sandra Park, Books Section

Review of Diane Farr's 'Kissing Outside the Lines'

There is much in Diane Farr’s memoir Kissing Outside the Lines to put one off. A white woman, the author details her path to marriage to a Korean American man, in some appalling ways. Ultimately, however, she won...

Diana Lin | Sun, Jul 3rd- 3:20pm | book review, dianne farr, kissing outside the lines, Books Section

Review of Maxine Hong Kingston's 'I Love a Broad Margin to My Life'

Maxine Hong Kingston’s latest memoir, I Love a Broad Margin to My Life, attempts to deconstruct the memoir form by playing on the central tension between preservation and erasure. 

Manan Desai | Wed, Jun 8th- 12:33pm | book review, I Love a Broad Margin to My Life, Maxine Hong Kingston, memoir, The Woman Warrior, Tripmaster Monkey, Books Section, Reviews

Review of Xinran's 'Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother'

From Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club to Amy Chua’s Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, the idea of a generational war between mothers and their daughters -- usually culminating in the revelation that they are really not...

Eric Zhang | Wed, Jul 6th- 7:21am | amy chua, amy tan, book review, Books, message from an unknown chinese mother, xinran, Books Section
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