{"product_id":"not-yo-butterfly-9780520380653","title":"Not Yo Butterfly","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA mold-breaking memoir of Asian American identity, political activism, community, and purpose.   Not Yo' Butterfly is the intimate and unflinching life story of Nobuko Miyamotoartist, activist, and mother. Beginning with the harrowing early years of her life as a Japanese American child navigating a fearful west coast during World War II, Miyamotoleads readers into the landscapes that defined the experiences of twentieth-century America and alsoforegrounds the struggles of people of color who reclaimed their histories, identities, and power through activism and art.     Miyamoto vividly describes her early life in the racialized atmosphere of Hollywood musicals and then her turn toward activism as an Asian American troubadour with the release of A Grain of Sandconsidered to be the first Asian American folk album. Her narrative intersects with the stories of Yuri Kochiyama and Grace Lee Boggs, influential in both Asian and Black liberation movements. She tells how her experience of moth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Frank and fierce, her story is bound to inspire.\" * Ms. Magazine *\u003cbr\u003e\"Starts with a bang and takes off into a poetic whirlwind. . . . The memoir captures an important part of American history that, at this point, has been rarely written about, especially by someone who lived it.\" * Rafu Shimpo *\u003cbr\u003e\"Playful, provocative, never boring. . . . The memoir captures an important part of American history that has been rarely written about. It is well worth reading.\" * Nichi Bei Weekly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Intro \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e First Movement\u003cbr\u003e 1 • A Travelin' Girl\u003cbr\u003e 2 • Don’t Fence Me In\u003cbr\u003e 3 • A Tisket, a Tasket, a Brown and Yellow Basket \u003cbr\u003e 4 • From a Broken Past into the Future \u003cbr\u003e 5 • Twice as Good\u003cbr\u003e 6 • Shall We Dance!\u003cbr\u003e 7 • School Daze\u003cbr\u003e 8 • Chop Suey\u003cbr\u003e 9 • There's a Place for Us\u003cbr\u003e 10 • We Shall Overcome\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Second Movement\u003cbr\u003e 11 • Power to the People\u003cbr\u003e 12 • A Single Stone, Many Ripples\u003cbr\u003e 13 • Something About Me Today\u003cbr\u003e 14 • The People's Beat\u003cbr\u003e 15 • A Song for Ourselves\u003cbr\u003e 16 • \u003ci\u003eSomos Asiáticos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 17 • Foster Children of the Pepsi Generation\u003cbr\u003e 18 • A Grain of Sand \u003cbr\u003e 19 • Free the Land \u003cbr\u003e 20 • What Will People Think?\u003cbr\u003e 21 • Some Things Live a Moment \u003cbr\u003e 22 • How to Mend What's Broken\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Third Movement\u003cbr\u003e 23 • Women Hold Up Half the Sky\u003cbr\u003e 24 • Our Own Chop Suey \u003cbr\u003e 25 • What Is the Color of Love? \u003cbr\u003e 26 • Talk Story \u003cbr\u003e 27 • \u003ci\u003eYuiyo\u003c\/i\u003e, Just Dance\u003cbr\u003e 28 • Float Hands Like Clouds \u003cbr\u003e 29 • Deep Is the Chasm \u003cbr\u003e 30 • To All Relations \u003cbr\u003e 31 • \u003ci\u003eBismillah Ir Rahman Ir Rahim\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 32 • The Seed of the Dandelion\u003cbr\u003e 33 • I Dream a Garden\u003cbr\u003e 34 • \u003ci\u003eMottainai\u003c\/i\u003e—Waste Nothing\u003cbr\u003e 35 • Black Lives Matter \u003cbr\u003e 36 • \u003ci\u003eBambutsu\u003c\/i\u003e—All Things Connected\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402949468503,"sku":"9780520380653","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520380653.jpg?v=1730481941","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/not-yo-butterfly-9780520380653","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}