Final paper Topic Option 1
Thinking about the Kitchen book I read several years ago, how the kitchen is the center of the home. It’s where the family comes together and bonds together. It’s a possible topic for my Final Paper.
A research log fora major writing assignment — posts in this category will trace the evolving relationship between your “home” and Asian American/Pacific Islander American popular culture.
Final Paper Topic Option 2
I’ve also been thinking about using my love for the Tattoo art form that many Asian and Pacific Islanders have practiced for centuries and what happening to the art form as the immigrated to the United States. From traditional to current techniques. Does the cultural intentions get lost when they immigrate to the west?
Resources:
http://www.pbs.org/skinstories/culture/
https://www.pbs.org/skinstories/history/
http://www.polynesia.com/polynesian_culture/samoa/samoan-tattoos.html#.WdBJU9Fry00
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/360/tattooing-and-polynesian-identity/4203566
Polynesian Tattoo: History, Meanings and Traditional Designs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pe%27a
https://www.google.com/search?q=cultural+tattoos+and+their+meanings&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiBuYKHp87WAhWGIsAKHdWtDXgQ1QIIcygE&biw=1354&bih=645
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=13&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjWsL-3p87WAhXMDsAKHSy6BJIQFgheMAw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guiddoo.com%2Fblogs%2F11-ancient-tattoo-cultures-from-around-the-world&usg=AOvVaw1XZeYlswYmPhYytzH6Ei92
https://www.google.com/search?q=tattoos+in+different+cultures+around+the+world&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiBuYKHp87WAhWGIsAKHdWtDXgQ1QIIdSgG&biw=1354&bih=645
https://www.google.com/search?q=cultural+history+of+tattoos&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiBuYKHp87WAhWGIsAKHdWtDXgQ1QIIdigH&biw=1354&bih=645
UPDATED!! 10-5-2017
And I changed to the topic to the similarities of the Motorcycle Scenes between between Japanese Americans, Japanese and American bikers. Proposal was turned in on wednesday the 5th.