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In a country as vast as Canada, people living in a few city blocks were divided from others inhabiting those same streets; divided by their colour and fears, their language and beliefs.
All That Matters, Wayson Choy 2004
The sequel to The Jade Peony, Choy retells the stories of our Chen family, this time from the perspective of eldest son Kiam Kim. A nicely rounded tale touching on the constant preoccupations of immigrants: old ways of doing things versus new cultures and behaviours; cultural conflicts and the desire to find commonalities within inherent differences; and the ever significant silences that say more than anything, particularly of the women.
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Dr Cabbie : 15-second Review
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2831404/
Crass at times, but surprisingly heartwarming. Superficial commentary about accreditation issues immigrants face; general overview on racism; promising segue into multicultural relationships that remains unfortunately undeveloped. Stereotypical representations add to the superficiality: identifies important issues that can be well-treated but the film avoids meaningful analyses, which is rather disappointing, but it is a rom-com afterall.
Major dislikes: fat jokes; easy/lazy homophobia. Editing seems choppy and jarring at times.
Still, probably an easy introduction for people unfamiliar/unapprised of the challenges faced by immigrants and 'minorities'.
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If not Breakaway, why not Dr Cabbie? The stereotypical representation of immigrants persist...
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Chapter 14
"Thick Description: Toward an Interpretive Theory of Culture" Clifford Geertz
(1983, from Geertz The Interpretation of Cultures)
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Asian Canadian music/media
Chuckie Akenz (Jane/Finch) (Wiki)
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Asian Canadian film
Fall 2013 assigned film - Breakaway, Robert Lieberman (2011)
Potentials for 2014:
(Wikipedia listing)
Double Happiness (Mina Shum, 1994)
One Big Hapa Family (Jeff Chiba Stearns, 2010)
Heaven on Earth (Deepa Mehta, 2008)
Chinese Canadian Web Series (Alejandro Yoshizawa, 2011?)
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2013 Fall assigned texts for UNI307
Wayson Choy - The Jade Peony
Shyam Selvadurai - Hungry Ghosts
David Yee - Lady in the Red Dress
Joy Kogawa - Obasan
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Catherine Hernandez (art, performing arts, theatre)
(Asian Canadian art)
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Graphic novel - Mariko Tamaki. illus. Jillian Tamaki
(Asian Canadian lit)
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Asian Canadian lit compilation (various sources)
Kogawa, Joy. Obasan.
Lee, SKY. Disappearing Moon Cafe.
Choy, Wayson. The Jade Peony.
Lee, Bennett and Jim Wong-Chu. Many-mouthed Birds.
Special issues of Canadian Literature, West Coast Line, Prairie Fire, Fireweed, The Asianadian
Silvera, Makeda. Piece of My Heart
The Miss Saigon controversy
Goto, Hiromi. Chorus of Mushrooms.
Wong, Rita. Monkeypuzzle. and/or Forage.
Miki, Roy. Surrender. and/or Broken Entries and/or In Flux and/or Mannequin Rising
Dulai, Phinder. Basmati Brown and/or Ragas from the Periphery.
Pal, Rajinderpal S. Pulse and/or Pappaji Wrote Poetry in a Language I Cannot Read.
Rafiq, Fauzia. Skeena.
Basran, Gurjinder. Everything Was Goodbye.
Dhaliwal, Ranj. Daaku.
Lam, Fiona. Enter the Chrysanthemum.
Lau, Evelyn. Runaway.
Mistry, Rohinton. A Fine Balance.
Wah, Fred. Diamond Grill and/or Faking It.
Far, Sui Sin. Miss Spring Fragrance.
Maracle, Lee. Sojourners and Sun Dogs.
(source - UBC ENGL545D)
Wikipedia A/C authors: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Asian_Canadian_writers
Beauregard, G. (n.d.) http://www.ucalgary.ca/uofc/eduweb/engl392/492a/articles/beauregard.html
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