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Being Japanese American
Gil Asakawa
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Description for Being Japanese American
Paperback. A celebration of JA culture: facts, recipes, songs, words, and memories that every JA will want to share. Num Pages: 176 pages, 65 B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 190 x 15. Weight in Grams: 385.
This entertaining compendium is a celebration of Japanese American history and heritage. While detailing favorite foods, customs, words, games, and holidays, it explores the painful history of immigration and WWII internment, with suggestions for connecting to your Japanese American community and passing on traditions across generations and into intermarried families. This revised edition has fresh interviews with Japanese Americans about their life experiences and explores contemporary Japanese pop culture like anime and J-pop, with information on traveling to visit your Japanese roots and lists of resources on the Web and social media. Gil Asakawa lives in Denver, Colorado, and ... Read more
This entertaining compendium is a celebration of Japanese American history and heritage. While detailing favorite foods, customs, words, games, and holidays, it explores the painful history of immigration and WWII internment, with suggestions for connecting to your Japanese American community and passing on traditions across generations and into intermarried families. This revised edition has fresh interviews with Japanese Americans about their life experiences and explores contemporary Japanese pop culture like anime and J-pop, with information on traveling to visit your Japanese roots and lists of resources on the Web and social media. Gil Asakawa lives in Denver, Colorado, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Stone Bridge Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Berkeley CA, United States
ISBN
9781611720228
SKU
V9781611720228
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Gil Asakawa
Gil Asakawa a is a journalist, editor, author, speaker and blogger who covers Asian American, Japanese American and Japanese culture in blogs and social media. He writes regular columns for and is a member of the Editorial Board for the Pacific Citizen, the national newspaper of the Japanese American Citizens League, and his columns are also published in the Nikkei ... Read more
Reviews for Being Japanese American
"Being Japanese American is a superb guide to avoiding breaches of tact around Japanese friends, family, or visitors, regardless of one's own ethnic heritage or background, and is also chock-full of helpful ways to embrace, preserve, and treasure one's cultural identity."
Midwest Book Review "Offers a great opportunity for JAs to process their feelings and experiences in relationship to ... Read more
Midwest Book Review "Offers a great opportunity for JAs to process their feelings and experiences in relationship to ... Read more