Word: mura
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Keynote speakers at the conference include contemporary Asian-American writers David Mura and Meena Alexander...
...Mura, a third generation Japanese-American, described how racism and the Japanese internment. during World War II affected Asian-Americanidentity at his poetry reading, sponsored by theReischauer Institute and the Asian-AmericanAssociation...
...following the internment,Japanese-Americans were forced to abandon theircultural identity, Mura said. In the '90s, youngAsian-Americans live in a period of "fluctuationand change" which makes them more aware of theiridentities, he said...
...around the country, I see a renewedenergy among young Asian-Americans to look atissues of identity and their place in Americansociety," Mura said. "Asian-American perceptionsof selves are changing, there's been a hugeoutpouring of cultural production, works thatreach a white mainstream audience...
...Asian men. In traditional Chinese thinking, learning and negotiation were the preferred paths to true manhood. More modern roles can be found in characters like "My Grandfather" in Red Sorghum or Wittman Ah Sing in Maxine Hong Kingston's Tripmaster Monkey and in the work of writers like David Mura, Gus Lee and David Wong Louie. They are not always the heroes we would like them to be, but they are appealing, active, sexual, powerful people...