Part 1 Introduction Part 2 Part One: Definitions, Concepts, and Issues Part 3 Chapter One: Vietnamese Boat People: Separation and Loss Chapter 4 Straddling Two Social Worlds: The Experiences of Vietnamese Refugee Children in the United States Chapter 5 An Oral History of Huy Tran: A Vietnamese American Refugee's Story Part 6 Chapter Two: Feast of Resistance: Asian American History Through Food Chapter 7 Japanese Americans and Chick-Sexing Part 8 Chapter Three: Food and Pin@y Time: Mapping the Filipino American Experience Chapter 9 Timeline of Filipino American History Part 10 Chapter Four: Deconstructing the Model Minority Image: Asian Pacific Americans, Race, Class, Gender and Work Chapter 11 Southeast Asian Refugees Groups and the Barriers They Face Part 12 Chapter Five: Building Allies: Linking Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality in Asian American Studies Chapter 13 Alan's Story: Female-to-Male Transexual Straight Man Part 14 Chapter Six: Globalization and Transnationalism Role-Playing Activity: Korean Immigrants and the Garment Industry Chapter 15 Globalizations' Race to the Bottom Creates Sweatshops Chapter 16 Sweatshops in Our Backyards Chapter 17 A Los Angeles Garment Worker's Experience Part 18 Chapter Seven: Expressive Therapies for Asian American Clients: The Value of Nonverbal Sand Tray Therapy Part 19 Chapter Nine: Representations of Asian Americans in Advertising: Constructing Images of Asian Americans Part 20 Chapter Ten: Ripping Up Culture: Helping Students Reconnect with Their Cultural Values Part 21 Part Two: War, Colonialism, and Imperialism Part 22 Chapter Eleven: Paradise and the Politics of Tourist Hawai'i Chapter 23 From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawai'i Part 24 Chapter Twelve: Racializing the Enemy: Japanese Americans after 12/7/41 and American Muslims and Arabs after 11/9/01 Chapter 25 After September 11, 2001: An Asian Pacific American Perspective Part 26 Chapter Thirteen: Teaching about Muslims and Hindus in the USA: And all they will call you will be deportee Chapter 27 Hate Crimes Immediately after September 11, 2001 Part 28 Chapter Fourteen: On the Cursings and Blessings of War: Discussions for a Filipino American Experience Class Chapter 29 Filipinos and the Negritos Americanos: Empire and Racial Bonds Part 30 Chapter Fifteen: Addressing Redress: Japanese Americans Reparations for Their Internment During World War II Part 31 Part Three: Community Building, Learning, and Organizing Part 32 Chapter Sixteen: Making Student Leadership Development an Integral Part of Our Classrooms Part 33 Chapter Seventeen: Beyond the Egg Roll, Fortune Cookies and Paper Fans: Seeing the Residential SIde of Chinatown Part 34 Chapter Eighteen: Mobilizing Students to Respond to Community Needs-Organizing a Class around a Community Project Part 35 Chapter Nineteen: Bridging Generations: Bringing the Experiences of Illness, Health, and Aging into the Classroom Part 36 Chapter Twenty: Oral History and Multiculturalism Part 37 Chapter Twenty-One: Bridging Asian American and African American Communities Part 38 Chapter Twenty-Two: Political Tours of Our Communities: Linking Book Knowledge with Lived Experiences Part 39 Part Four: Critical Thinking Teaching Strategies Part 40 Chapter Twenty-Three: Understanding Privilege in American Society Part 41 Chapter Twenty-Four: An Exploration of Meaning: Critically Thinking about History Part 42 Chapter Twenty-Five: Generative Thinking: Using a Funding Proposal to Inspire Critical Thinking Part 43 Chapter Twenty-Six: Promoting Transgressions through the Automatic Reward System in the Literature Course Part 44 Chapter Twenty-Seven: What's Wrong with a Colorblind Perspective: A New Model of Critical Caring for Teachers Part 45 Chapter Twenty-Eight: Modeling Whiteness: Minorities, Assimilation and Resistance Part 46 Part Five: Resources Part 47 Chapter Twenty-Nine: Web Resources for Teaching Asian American Studies Part 48 About the Editors Part 49 About the Contributors Part 50 Index