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Donald Duk centers around the titular character who is 11 almost 12 year old Chinese American boy living in San Fransisco’s Chinatown. Donald Duk struggles with his Chinese cultural identity and throughout the novel comes to terms with his lost… Continue Reading →
As Sophie and Markl (pictured above) make their way back to their home, every time I watch the film Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) I have always felt that I was walking alongside them, heading back into the castle that has… Continue Reading →
The field trip we took on October 3rd gave me an inside look to Asian American culture specifically located in Washington, where I was born and raised. It wasn’t even until I was in high school that I learned that… Continue Reading →
When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka, 2002, follows the anonymous story of a family torn apart and relocated from their home in Berkley, California, to Japanese internment camps in Nevada and Utah during World War II. One of… Continue Reading →
I’ve always been a super picky eater growing up and only once I was in high school did I start branching out with my food options — like I remember the first time I ever had take-out teriyaki. I was… Continue Reading →
What home means to me and how it relates back to Asian American history. Hayao Miyazaki movies had a large impact on my childhood, watching the English dubbed versions of Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle — Spirited Away being… Continue Reading →
During the first moments of Ghost in the Shell (abbreviated to GITS for convenience purposes), two of the main production companies listed in the opening credits are Asian-based (specifically in China): Shanghai Film Group Corporation and Huahua Media. I found… Continue Reading →