{"product_id":"troubling-borders-9780295747279","title":"Troubling Borders","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJuxtaposing short stories, poetry, painting, and photographs, \u003ci\u003eTroubling Borders\u003c\/i\u003e showcases the creative work of women of Vietnamese, Cambodian, Lao, Thai, and Filipino ancestry. This thematically arranged collection interrupts borders of categorization and gender, in what preface author Shirley Geok-Lin Lim describes as a leap over the barbed fences that have kept these women apart in these, our United States of America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe sixty-two contributors have been shaped by colonization, wars, globalization, and militarization. For some of these women on the margins of the margin, crafting and showing their work is a bold act in itself. Their provocative and accessible creations tell unique stories, provide sharp contrasts to familiar stereotypesSoutheast Asian women as exotic sex symbols, dragon ladies, prostitutes, or bar girlsand serve as entry points for broader discussions about questions of history, memory, and identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The combination of image with texts complementing and conversing with each other provides a textured, layered engagement with the subject matter.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Art Radar Asia *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[A] collection that is at once scholarly yet accessible, purposely fragmented yet also deliberately interconnected, and always centering women in ways that surprise, challenge, and even provoke.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * International Examiner *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[The] stories told dispel stereotypes and take on the complex challenges of colonialism, militarization, love, resistance, family, migration, and more. They reveal the intersectional and multilayered experiences of Southeast Asian women in the diaspora.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * NBC News *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Inspiring . . . uses a collage of art forms to portray varied, and usually under-represented, female identities . . . [and] shows how marginalized women have become empowered through their fervent and thought-provoking artwork and writings.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of Postcolonial Writing *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface by Shirley Geok-lin Lim\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction by Mariam B. Lam, Isabelle Thuy Pelaud, Lan Duong, and Kathy L. Nguyen\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart One | Wombs and Wounds: Family Relations in the Diaspora\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKaren Llagas, Open\u003cbr\u003e Vi Ly, Terrain 15 and Terrain 17\u003cbr\u003e Karen Llagas, Manananggal\u003cbr\u003e Vi Ly, Postpartum #5\u003cbr\u003e Phayvanh Luekhamhan, Rubber Bands\u003cbr\u003e Ann Phong, Mending\u003cbr\u003e Anh-Hoa Thi Nguyen, Mother Shell\u003cbr\u003e Anh-Hoa Thi Nguyen, Flesh of My Flesh\u003cbr\u003e Linda Saphan, Togetherness\u003cbr\u003e Anh-Hoa Thi Nguyen, 30\u003cbr\u003e Diep Tran, Visitation\u003cbr\u003e Julie Thi Underhill, Tra Cang Monastery\u003cbr\u003e Diep Tran, Schools\u003cbr\u003e Diep Tran, Tet 1976\u003cbr\u003e Kao Lee Thao, Way of Life\u003cbr\u003e Anh-Thu Ngo, Profile of the Life Tree\u003cbr\u003e Julie Thi Underhill, Grandma\u003cbr\u003e Heang Ly, The Lotus Gift\u003cbr\u003e Amy Lee Sanford, Broken\u003cbr\u003e Tran Mong Tu, Letter after Thanksgiving\u003cbr\u003e Kou Vang, Widow\u003cbr\u003e Phayvanh Luekhamhan, April, 1993\u003cbr\u003e Kao Lee Thao, Yukai\u003cbr\u003e Phayvanh Luekhamhan, Foreman v. Moorer\u003cbr\u003e Amy Lee Sanford, Suspended\u003cbr\u003e Phet Mahathongdy, Mother Love\u003cbr\u003e Anne Le, Spool\u003cbr\u003e Phuong M. Do, Self and Aunts\u003cbr\u003e Christilily Chiv, My Mother’s Hands Bleed\u003cbr\u003e Kou Vang, Letter from Laos\u003cbr\u003e May Lee-Yang, Correspondence from Laos\u003cbr\u003e Tran T. Kim-Trang, Still from Epilogue: The Palpable Invisibility of Life\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Two | Coming to Voice: Language, Writing, Literacy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarine Ky, Untitled VI (such as you are, so is the world)\u003cbr\u003e Jai Arun Ravine, and then entwine lesson plans, poems, knots\u003cbr\u003e Marine Ky, Ted’s Garment\u003cbr\u003e Karen Llagas, From a Lighthouse Keeper\u003cbr\u003e Linda Saphan, S-21 No Flying Away 1\u003cbr\u003e Barbara Jane Reyes, polyglot incantation\u003cbr\u003e Linda Saphan, S-21 No Flying Away 2\u003cbr\u003e Linda Saphan, S-21 No Flying Away 3\u003cbr\u003e Tran Tue Quan, Cuoc noi chien cua nhung identities\u003cbr\u003e Tran Tue Quan, The civil war of identities\u003cbr\u003e Phuong M. Do, Self and Uncles\u003cbr\u003e Souvankham Thammavongsa, The Sun in Flannery O’Connor’s The Violent Bear It Away\u003cbr\u003e Reanne Estrada, Keep It Together #5\u003cbr\u003e Souvankham Thammavongsa, This Is the Direction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Three | Homes and Homelands\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGina Osterloh, Impossible Delineation (from the series Blank Attempt)\u003cbr\u003e Karen Llagas, Archipelago Dust\u003cbr\u003e Gina Osterloh, Anonymous Front (from the series Copy Flat)\u003cbr\u003e Anne Le, In the Heart of the Country\u003cbr\u003e Gina Osterloh, Blind Rash (from the series Rash Room)\u003cbr\u003e Anne Le, The Fish Houses at Go Vap\u003cbr\u003e Tiffany Chung, Go Vap\u003cbr\u003e Vo Hong Chyong-Dai, National Highway 1 (Vietnam, December 1996)\u003cbr\u003e Hong-An Truong, Description #3 (Three Clocks)\u003cbr\u003e Vo Hong Chyong-Dai, The Corner of Nguyen Bỉnh Khiem and Tue Tĩnh (Ha Noi, 2005)\u003cbr\u003e Kou Vang, Forgotten\u003cbr\u003e Vo Hong Chyong-Dai, Across the ocean and beyond the mind\u003cbr\u003e Anida Yoeu Ali, Palimpsest for Generation 1.5 (performance)\u003cbr\u003e Phayvanh Luekhamhan, I Think of This Every Time I Think of Mountains\u003cbr\u003e Azizah Ahmad, Homeless\u003cbr\u003e Gina Osterloh, Looking Back, I Accepted Your Invitation (from the series Somewhere Tropical)\u003cbr\u003e Anh Thang Dao, Song for a Lost Home\u003cbr\u003e Anh Thang Dao, The Pigeon Scandal\u003cbr\u003e Jenifer K. Wofford, Point of Departure (Nurse with Cap)\u003cbr\u003e Jenifer K. Wofford, Curtain Nurse I\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Four | Loving Sex\/Sexing Love\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAngela Narciso Torres, Cardiac\u003cbr\u003e Debbie Nguyen, Dark Green\u003cbr\u003e Connie Pham, The Story of Pomegranate Told in Three Pieces\u003cbr\u003e Debbie Nguyen, Plum\u003cbr\u003e Lian Guow, First and Last Times\u003cbr\u003e Kao-Ly Yang, Three Pearls Facing Unfaithfulness\u003cbr\u003e Debbie Nguyen, Wood\u003cbr\u003e Chau Nguyen, Kisses of Heat\u003cbr\u003e Tran T. Kim-Trang, Still from Kore\u003cbr\u003e Mong-Lan, On the Tango and Buenos Aires\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Five | Militarized Lives\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYer Yang, Virgin Land, Virgin Body\u003cbr\u003e Hong-An Truong, Still from Wheel in the Sky\u003cbr\u003e Aimee Phan, Excerpt from The Reeducation of Cherry Truong\u003cbr\u003e Anida Yoeu Ali, Palimpsest for Generation 1.5 (performance)\u003cbr\u003e Pimone Triplett, The Rumor of Necessity\u003cbr\u003e Hong-An Truong, Florida 1979 (Love You, Miss You a Lot)\u003cbr\u003e Gayle Romasanta, NutDriver\u003cbr\u003e Hong-An Truong, Florida 1978 (Goes to Heaven)\u003cbr\u003e Kathy L. Nguyen, Excerpt from The Inheritors\u003cbr\u003e Barbara Jane Reyes, Call It Talisman (If You Must)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Six | Asians in America\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLin + Lam, This Is Not Me\u003cbr\u003e Azizah Ahmad, A Letter to Asian America\u003cbr\u003e Melba L. Abela, God Bless America\u003cbr\u003e Azizah Ahmad, San Francisco\u003cbr\u003e Anne Le, Chinatown\u003cbr\u003e Julie Thi Underhill, Progress Report\u003cbr\u003e Linda Tran, The Flea Market\u003cbr\u003e Ann Phong, Box of Water 2\u003cbr\u003e Melba L. Abela, San Francisco Ab(ove) Normal, 1967–2007\u003cbr\u003e Marsha C. Galicia-Monroe, #6–Other Female\u003cbr\u003e Ann Phong, Boats\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Seven | Race, Roots, Religion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNalyne Lunati, Sea Ghost\u003cbr\u003e Barbara Jane Reyes, In the City, a New Congregation Finds Her\u003cbr\u003e Hong-An Truong, Description #4 (Three Figurines)\u003cbr\u003e Davorn Sisavath, The Value of a Catholic Education\u003cbr\u003e Nalyne Lunati, Kranok 1\u003cbr\u003e Julie Thi Underhill, Corner Shore\u003cbr\u003e Nalyne Lunati, Vihara of the Mind\u003cbr\u003e Reanne Estrada, General Tri-Corn (6)\u003cbr\u003e Pimone Triplett, Motherland\u003cbr\u003e Eliza O. Barrios, Industry of Yoga series\u003cbr\u003e Grace Talusan, Boobie Cakes\u003cbr\u003e Eliza O. Barrios, Pending\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Eight | Travel Narratives and Narratives That Travel\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLinda Saphan, Amey on Bike\u003cbr\u003e Chi Vu, Suitcases\u003cbr\u003e Julie Thi Underhill, Fear of Ambivalence\u003cbr\u003e Mai Der Vang, The Sounds of Leaving\u003cbr\u003e Rachel Quý Collier, Salt Lake\u003cbr\u003e Reanne Estrada, Tenuous (tentatively titled)\u003cbr\u003e Pang Houa Moua Toy, Leaving Home\u003cbr\u003e Anida Yoeu Ali, Palimpsest for Generation 1.5 (installation view)\u003cbr\u003e Mai Der Vang, From Within, a View\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Nine | Speech Acts: Labor, Activism, Resistance\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMail Order Brides \/ M.O.B., Always a Bridesmaid, Never a Bride (Flowers)\u003cbr\u003e Connie Pham, Quarterlife Crisis: A Quiet Activism\u003cbr\u003e Emily P. Lawsin, No Moments of Silence (In Memory of Joseph Ileto, Fong Lee, and Chon Buri Xiong)\u003cbr\u003e Linda Saphan, Incognito 31\u003cbr\u003e Emily P. Lawsin, Where I Am From (Freewrite Remix)\u003cbr\u003e Melba L. Abela, International Worker\u003cbr\u003e Tiffany Chung, Here We Go\u003cbr\u003e Grace Kong, I Demand Respect\u003cbr\u003e Tiffany Chung, Bubble Shooter and Friends\u003cbr\u003e Grace Kong, Miss Boss\u003cbr\u003e Mail Order Brides \/ M.O.B., Education Reform\u003cbr\u003e Karen Llagas, Imelda\u003cbr\u003e Lin + Lam, Stills from Unidentified Viet Nam No. 18\u003cbr\u003e Leakhena Leng, Give Me Your Best Performance Piece\u003cbr\u003e Lin + Lam, Stills from Unidentified Viet Nam No. 18\u003cbr\u003e Leakhena Leng, Breathing Fire Performance Piece\u003cbr\u003e Mail Order Brides \/ M.O.B., Through the Looking Glass\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue\u003cbr\u003e About the Contributors and Editors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524691829079,"sku":"9780295747279","price":38.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780295747279.jpg?v=1731857769","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/troubling-borders-9780295747279","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}