Background
Kim, Elaine Haikyung was born on February 26, 1942 in New York City. Daughter of Sae Sun and Anne C. Kim.
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Asian American Literature: An Introduction to the Writings and Their Social Context
(Presents an introduction to the literary works of Chinese...)
Presents an introduction to the literary works of Chinese-Americans, Japanese-Americans, Filipino-Americans, and Korean-Americans. This book focuses on the self-images and social contexts of the nineteenth-century immigrants, their descendants, and the Americanized writers.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0877223521/?tag=2022091-20
Asian American Literature, an Introduction to the Writings and Their Social Context
(An introduction to the literary works of Chinese-American...)
An introduction to the literary works of Chinese-Americans, Japanese-Americans, Filipino-Americans, and Korean-Americans, this book focuses on the self-images and social contexts of the nineteenth-century immigrants, their descendants, and the Americanized writers of today. Although the book examines the novels, autobiographies, poems, and plays themselves, the social history of Asians in American is a significant backdrop—as Maxine Hong Kingston herself argues it should be. These racially distinctive Americans have confronted in their lives and writings American stereotypes of the "Oriental," racial discrimination, and the cultural gulf between East and West. After a chapter on Fu Manchu, Charlie Chan, and other Anglo-American caricatures of Asians, the author turns to a discussion of the first immigrant writers, many of whom were educated aristocrats playing the role of cultural ambassadors, and then to the less privileged, more socially critical generations of writers who followed. From works like Flower Drum Song, Eat a Bowl of Tea, The Woman Warrior, China Men, and a host of lesser-known writings, the author shows how portrayals of Chinatown, the Japanese-American family, and the roles of all the Asian-American women and men have changed. Drawing on her personal interviews with Asian-American writers, Kim also conveys their attitudes towards their own group, other Asian-Americans, other racial minorities, and white Americans—a complex mix of bitterness, acceptance, and militance.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0877222606/?tag=2022091-20
East to America: Korean American Life Stories
( In this collection of powerful, candid oral histories, ...)
In this collection of powerful, candid oral histories, a wide cross section of Korean Americans renders a portrait of a community grappling with racial tensions, class and gender differences, and differing notions of family and home.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1565843991/?tag=2022091-20
- Writing Self, Writing Nation: A Collection of Essays on Dictee by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (4 essays on DICTEE w/visual essay by Yong Soon Min)
Elaine Haikyung Kim
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Bachelor, University of Pennsylvania, 1963; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1976; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Massachusetts, Boston, 1995.
Career
Professor Asian American studies, University of California, Berkeley, since 1974.
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Asian American Literature, an Introduction to the Writings and Their Social Context
(An introduction to the literary works of Chinese-American...)
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East to America: Korean American Life Stories
( In this collection of powerful, candid oral histories, ...)
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Asian American Literature: An Introduction to the Writings and Their Social Context
(Presents an introduction to the literary works of Chinese...)
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Writing Self, Writing Nation: A Collection of Essays on Dictee by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
(4 essays on DICTEE w/visual essay by Yong Soon Min)
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Asian American Literature, an Introduction to the Writings and Their Social Context
Membership
Co-founder Asian Women United of California, 1976, Korean Cmty. Center, Oakland, California, 1977, Asian Immigrant Women Advocates, 1985. Active White House Commision on Women in the United States History, since 1998.
Member American Studies Association (national county 1992-1995), Association Asian American Studies (president 1991-1993).
Connections
1 child, Oliver Newman.
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American