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Indlæser... Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Selfaf Alex Tizon
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Alex Tizon's memoir combines personal story about his identity as an Asian (American) man with cultural commentary, discussing historical context and trends of the undesirable stereotypes tied to being an Asian. His Pulitzer-winning journalist skills come through in his research and writing style, and his story arc works through frustrations and ends in a hopeful tone (who would want to read a straight-up rant? This book is not that.) I'm so glad this book was published. It's a conversation-starter for sure. #WeNeedDiverseBooks I picked this book out from my local library from a list of must-reads during the Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month. I am happy I did. Being bi-racial Asian American myself, I have seen subtleties in the the way Asians are treated as a lower race, but after reading this book I am more aware how this effects Asian males the most. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
"A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist's memoir, in the spirit of Richard Rodriquez's Hunger for Memory and Nathan McCall's Makes Me Wanna Holler--an intimate look at the mythology, experience, and psyche of the Asian American male"--
"Why do so many people find Asian women sexy but Asian men sexless? Alex Tizon's family emigrated from the Philippines when he was four. He quickly learned to be ashamed of his face, his skin color, his height. In movies and on television he saw Asian men as 'servants, villains, or geeks, one-dimensional, powerless, sneaky little men.' His observations of sex and the Asian American male -- as funny as they are fierce -- include the story of his own quest for love during college in the 1980s. It was a tortured tutorial on stereotypes that still make it hard for Asian men to get the girl. And then, a transformation. First, Tizon's growing understanding that shame is universal; that his own just happened to be about race. Next, seismic cultural changes--from Jerry Yang's phenomenal success with Yahoo! Inc., to actor Ken Watanabe's emergence in Hollywood blockbusters, to Jeremy Lin's meteoric NBA rise. Finally, Tizon's deeply original, taboo-bending investigation turns outward, tracking the unheard stories of young Asian men today, in a landscape many still find complex -- but that increasingly makes room for powerful, dynamic Asian American men"-- No library descriptions found. |
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Alex brings us along for a ride on his exploration of Asian masculinity. The book had an academic tone to it except without a lot of footnotes. He writes thoughtfully and with great depth but lacking heart, until the very end, making a hum-drum book to an average read.
Maybe I just wasn't the target audience. I was expecting a sweeping epic chapter(s) on Zheng He and/or Jeremy Lin that would ignite something in me. Instead I get more chapters on the difficulties of being an Asian male in the world of romance and business.
That would have made for a stronger book. Or focusing on his parents. That would be a book I would be interested to read.
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