X-NUPop-Charset: English Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 11:40:29 -0600 (CST) From: "Alan Spector" Sender: spector@calumet.purdue.edu Reply-To: spector@calumet.purdue.edu To: revs@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Fw: Tentative AAAS regional conference program -pls forward! Note from Alan Spector, REVS Editor/Manager: The following appeared on another e-mail network. It may be of interest to REVS listmembers ------------------------------ From: Ida Yoshinaga Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 09:44:47 -1000 To: PROGRESSIVE SOCIOLOGISTS NETWORK Subject: Tentative AAAS regional conference program -pls forward! please forward to your respective imagined communities, including ethnic studies and english depts., women's studies/feminist communities, media, cult. studies groups, faculty and students, polsci and marxist lists, etc. Hawai'i/Pacific and Pacific Northwest Asian American Studies Joint Regional Conference March 24-26, 1996 Ala Moana Hotel Sunday, March 24 The Changing Filipino American Community in Hawai'i: Talking Story About Waipahu from the Plantation Days to the Present Hawai'i Plantation Village ($10, meet in hotel lobby at 10:30 a.m. for transportation) Moderator: Danilo Campos, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Panelists: Victor Agmata, Jr., Businessman Charlene Cuaresma, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Jane Dacanay, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Helen R. Nagtalon-Miller, Filipino Historical Society of Hawai'i Ferdenan Damo, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Ethnic Studies 25th Anniversary Lu'au ILWU Hall ($20, meet in hotel lobby at 5:45 p.m. for short walk) 451 Atkinson Drive Conference Registration, 3:30-5:30 p.m. at second floor foyer of hotel Monday, March 25, Session One: 9:00-10:30 1.1 The Chinaman: An American Creation Garden Lanai Chair/Discussant: Lorraine Dong, San Francisco State University "Rough on Rats"--Racism and Advertising in the Latter Half of 19th Century America James Chan, San Francisco State University The Coming Man, 19th Century American Illustrated Perceptions of the Chinese Philip P. Choy, San Francisco State University The Chinee Gal from Tokio: Racism and Exoticism in American Popular Songs (c. 1900-1930) Dennis Park and Dina Shek, San Francisco State University 1.2 New from Bamboo Ridge Anthurium Room Chair/Discussant: Eric Chock Readings by: Nora Cobb Keller Albert Saijo Joe Tsujimoto 1.3 Contemporary Psychological Studies on Filipino Americans in Hawai'i Pakalana Room Chair: Maria Eva T. Pangilinan, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Discussant: Sheila Forman, Office of Children and Youth Educational Attainment Among Filipino Americans in Hawai'i Maria Chun, University of Hawai'i at Manoa The Ethnocultural Identity of Filipino College Students in Hawai'i: Behavioral Influences from Manila or Manoa? Ann Marie Horvath, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Determinants of Health Behavior Among Newly Arrived and Local Born Filipino Mothers in Hawai'i Maria Eva T. Pangilinan, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Pakikisama: Towards Psychological Well-Being Among Students of Filipino Ancestry Darryl Salvador, University of Hawai'i at Manoa 1.4 Asian Immigrant Women Working in Diaspora Carnation Room Chair/Discussant: Evelyn Nakano Glenn? Intersectionality: Korean American Women in Los Angeles Ida Barnett, University of California, Santa Cruz The Obscured Link: Class, Health Care and Filipina Nurses Theresa B. Cenidoza, University of California, Los Angeles Korean American Women's Employment Patterns in Comparative Perspective Amy K. Lee, University of Michigan 1.5 Contemporary Pacific Island(er) Issues Plumeria Room Chair/Discussant: Ibrahim Aoude, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Between a Rock and the Deep Blue Sea: Filipino Overseas Contract Workers in the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Dean Alegado, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Upside-down - The More You Turn Me Inside-Out and Round and Round: Methodological Issues on Being a "Native Anthropologist" Melani Anae, University of Auckland Incarceration Trends of Hawaiians, Maoris and Aborigines Mona Bernardino, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Cultural Magpies and Intellectual Property Karen O'Shea, University of Auckland Monday, March 25, Session Two: 10:45-12:15, Garden Lanai Plenary Session on Hawaiian Sovereignty Moderator: Panelists: Monday, March 25, Luncheon: 12:15-1:30, Hibiscus Ballroom I Remarks: Gail Nomura, President, Association for Asian American Studies Franklin Odo, Smithsonian Institution Keynote Address: Kilali Alailima, American Friends Service Committee Monday, March 25, Session Three: 1:45-3:15 3.1 Media and Popular Representations of Asians and Asian Americans Carnation Room Chair/Discussant: Karen Umemoto, University of Hawai'i at Manoa >From "Celestial" to "Model Minority": The Portrayal of Chinese Americans in the U.S. News Media Ann Auman, University of Hawai'i at Manoa A Critical Retrospective: Did the U.S. Press Contribute to the World War II Internment of Japanese Residents? Gerald Y. Kato, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Beverly Keever, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Reel Reality: Exploring Film Representations of Japanese Americans in Internment Campus Christine Quemuel, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Ethnicity, Identity, and the "Gook Syndrome": Soldiers of Color in the Vietnam War Linda Revilla, Veterans Administration Pacific Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 3.2 Tourism and Pacific Island Culture Plumeria Room Chair/Discussant: William Kauaiwiulaokalani Wallace III, Brigham Young University-Hawai'i Dilemmas in the Presentation of Culture at the Polynesian Cultural Center Vernice Wineera, Institute for Polynesian Studies Hula Girl Karina Kahananui Green, Brigham Young University-Hawai'i "Title TBA" Cy M. Bridges, Polynesian Cultural Center 3.3 Cultural Linkages Between Native Hawaiians and Native Americans Anthurium Room Chair/Discussant: The Sociolinguistic History of Hawaiian Loans in Northwestern North America Emanuel J. Drechsel, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Relatives Across the Bering Strait: American Indian Identity Issues Hilary N. Weaver, State University of New York at Buffalo 3.4 Multicultural Hawai'i Pakalana Room Chair: Royal Fruehling, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Discussant: Ralph Steuber, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Public Health Kekuni Blaisdell, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Media Helen Chapin, Hawaii Pacific University University Education Michael Haas, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Ethnic Residential Segregation Pattern Changes in Honolulu from 1940 to 1990 Yuanqing Li, Pacific Health Research Institute 3.5 Shore to Shore: Kanaka Maoli Communities in California and Hawaiian Sovereignty Activism Garden Lanai Panelists: Paul Kealoha Blake, East Bay Media Center Lisa Kahale Hall, University of California, Berkeley S. Nawahine LumHo, Ka Lahui Hawai'i, Bay Area J. Kehaulani Kauanui, University of California, Santa Cruz Lale Shaver, Ka Lahui Hawai'i, Los Angeles Monday, March 25, Session Four: 3:30-5:00 4.1 Privileging Hawai'i: Power, Class and Ethnicity in the Multicultural Model Carnation Room Chair/Discussant: Franklin Odo, Smithsonian Institute Hawai'i: Crisis, Power and the Democratic Agenda Ibrahim Aoude, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Economic, Political and Moral Bankruptcy in Hawai'i: The End of a Unique "Experiment" in Multiculturalism Noel J. Kent, University of Hawai'i at Manoa The Jangled Discourse of Race Relations in Hawai'i Jonathan Y. Okamura, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Stephen Philion, University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4.2 Diasporic Literature and Identity Anthurium Room Chair/Discussant: Laura Lyons, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Exploring Immigrant Identity Formation in the Joy Luck Club Michael Delucchi, University of Hawai'i-West O'ahu Pacific Crossings in Returning the Gift: Between Native America and Hawai'i Cynthia Franklin, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Asian Diasporic Literature and Re-configuring American Regionalism Ruth Y. Hsu, University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4.3 Pacific Island Culture in Diaspora Plumeria Room Chair/Discussant: Ara Meha, Brigham Young University-Hawai'i? To Be Fijian in America Inoke Suguturaga, Polynesian Cultural Center Tongan Culture in Hawai'i 'Inoke F. Funaki, Brigham Young University-Hawai'i Hei Oranga mo te Iwi: The Role of Rituals in the Psychological and Emotional Well Being of Pacific Islander Americans Debbie Hippolite Wright, Brigham Young University-Hawai'i Ka Mate, Ka Ora! Through Death We Live Edwin Bryers Napia, University of Utah 4.4 Chinese Immigration Responses to Exclusion Pakalana Room Chair: Waverly B. Lowell, National Archives-Pacific Sierra Region Discussant: Slipping Through the Golden Gate: Chinese Immigration Under Exclusion Madeline Hsu, Yale University Challenging Exclusion in San Francisco: Relying on Family, Clan and Community in the Face of the Chinese Exclusion Laws Erika Lee, University of California, Berkeley Documenting Exclusion: Case Files and Community Waverly B. Lowell, National Archives-Pacific Sierra Region 4.5 Performance: Getting Somewheres: Working Class Women in Twentieth Century Hawai'i (Presentation of the Hawai'i Committee for the Humanities) Garden Lanai Moderators: Michiko Kodama-Nishimoto, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Bob Buss, Hawai'i Committee for the Humanities Performers: Tuesday, March 26, Session Five: 8:30-10:00 5.1 Nineteenth Century Chinese Immigrant Communities Carnation Room Chair/Discussant: Fred Blake, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Class, Gender and Race: Chinese Servants in the North American West Terry Abraham, University of Idaho Ubi Sunt Qui Curatas?: Topophilia as a Factor in the Outmigration of Chinese Miners from 19th Century Idaho Samuel L. Couch, University of Idaho Chinese Porcellaneous Stonewares from Site B1-139, North Halawa Valley, O'ahu P. Christiaan Klieger, Bishop Museum Rice Bowls in the Diggings: Chinese Miners Near Granite, Oregon Priscilla Wegars, University of Idaho"Cultural Linkages 5.2 Asian American Issues: Affirmative Action, Immigration, Language Policy Plumeria Room English Literacy and Power in the United States: The Politics of the English Language in a Multilingual Society Pancho Delos Santos, University of Hawai'i at Manoa "Save our State": The Assault on Asian Immigrant Women Through the Anti-Immigrant Campaign and Welfare Policy 'Reform'" Lynn Fujiwara, University of California, Santa Cruz Asian Americans and the Affirmative Action Debate: Constructions and Race and Societal Image Belinda C. Lum, University of California, Santa Cruz Interplay Between Class and Race in American Society: Discrimination Against East Indians in California, First and Second Waves Nitasha Sharma, University of Hawai'i at Manoa 5.3 Surprises in Japanese American History Ilima Room Chair/Discussant: Eileen Tamura, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Race, Gender and Citizenship in Prewar Hawai'i Evelyn Nakano Glenn, University of California, Berkeley Not Just Picture Brides: Independent Japanese Women Immigrants Laurie Mengel, University of California, Berkeley Twice Immigrants: Kibei in America and Japan Paul Spickard, Brigham Young University-Hawai'i 5.4 Same-Sex Marriage in Hawai'i: Its Significance to Native Hawaiian and Japanese American Communities Garden Lanai Moderator: Camaron Miyamoto, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Investments in Same-Sex Marriage: Classism, Sexism and Tourism L. Ku'umeaaloha Gomes, State Commission on Sexual Orientation and the Law The Japanese American Citizens League, Same-Sex Marriage, and Civil Rights in Hawai'i Allicyn Hikeda Kasaka, Japanese American Citizens League, Honolulu Chapter A Testimony to Hawaii's Commisson on Sexual Orientation and the Law Kalei Puha, Na Mamo O Hawai'i Tuesday, March 26, Session Six: 10:15-11:45 6.1 Re-Thinking Location/Retelling Stories in Hawai'i: Diasporic Communities and Colonized Islands Ilima Room Chair: Geraldine E. Kosasa-Terry, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Discussant: Ida Yoshinaga, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Sights/Sites of (Mis)Recognition: Colonialism, Nationalism and Art Pedagogy in Hawai'i Karen K. Kosasa, University of Rochester Diasporic Spaces: Rethinking the Sites of Immigration/Countering the Narrative of a Nation Geraldine E. Kosasa-Terry, University of Hawai'i at Manoa "Local" in the Thirties: The Massie Case and Hawaii's Asian Pacific Americans John Chock Rosa, University of California, Irvine Tales of Settlers: Local Motion in Pake Writings Ming-Bao Yue, University of Hawai'i at Manoa 6.2 Cultural Representations of Asians and Pacific Islanders Carnation Room Chair/Discussant: Michael Omi, University of California, Berkeley Deconstructing Asian America: Cultural Identity and Ethnic Community Grace M. Cheng and Antonio L. Rappa, University of Hawai'i at Manoa The E Ticket to Pluralism: The Disneyification of Multiculturalism Barbara Ige, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Comedians of the Asian and Pacific Islander Diaspora Darby Li Po Price, University of California, Berkeley Games People Play: Lands, Spells and Nationalism Dana Y. Takagi, University of California, Santa Cruz 6.3 Southeast Asian Immigrants in Diaspora Plumeria Room Chair/Discussant: Jon Matsuoka, University of Hawai'i at Manoa A Comparison of Psychiatric Symptoms of Southeast Asian Immigrant and American Patients Jean L. Edman, Kapi'olani Community College The Lao Community of Kuilima: Organizing in the Past, Present and Future Sharlene B.C.L. Furuto, Brigham Young University Hawai'i Jimmy Inthasone Vietnamese Attitudes Towards HIV/AIDS Services, Knowledge and Risk Reduction Behaviors Cuong Quy Huynh, University of California, Los Angeles Social Dynamics of the Vietnamese Community in Hawai'i Valerie Yontz, Kokua Kalihi Valley 6.4 Embodiment of "Strength in Unity": Socialization and Club Development Garden Lanai Panelists: Janna L. Cecka, University of Western Washington L.J. Corpuz II, University of Western Washington Elena Fa'amoe, University of Western Washington Nadja Kookesh, University of Western Washington Christine Quemuel, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Tuesday, March 26, Luncheon: 11:45-1:30, Hibiscus Ballroom I Keynote Address: Michael Omi, Department of Ethnic Studies, University of California, Berkeley Situating Asian Americans in the Political Discourse on Affirmative Action Tuesday, March 26, Session Seven: 1:45-3:15 7.l Chinese American Identity in Diaspora Ilima Room Chair/Discussant: Ruth Hsu?, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Gravestones in the Chinese Diaspora Fred Blake, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Chinese Nationalism and Chinese American Identity Shehong Chen, University of Utah Chinatown Mortuary Rituals and the Art of Being Chinese American Linda Sun Crowder, University of Hawai'i at Manoa 7.2 Local Migrations: Pioneers, Misfits and the Production of Hawaii's Literature Carnation Room Chair/Discussant: Candace Fujikane, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Social Misfits in the Diasporic Local Body Pamela Sachi Kido, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Asian, Americans, Hawaiians and the Contemporary Literature in Hawai'i Carolyn Lei-lanilau The Comic and Heroic in Milton Murayama's All I Asking For Is My Body and Five Years on a Rock Gary Pak, University of Hawai'i at Manoa The Future of the Non-Melting of the American Pot: Asian Americans and Hawaiians in Hawai'i Literature and Publishing Leialoha A. Perkins, University of Hawai'i-West O'ahu 7.3 Rural Hawaiian Communities: On the Edge of the Pacific Diaspora Plumeria Room Chair/Discussant: Ulla Hasager, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Lana'i: Paradigm for the Social/Cultural Impact of Resort Development Jon Matsuoka, University of Hawai'i at Manoa External Stresses Upon Hawaiian Cultural Landscapes Luciano Minerbi, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Stressing Hawaiian Subsistence Davianna McGregor, University of Hawai'i at Manoa 7.4 Working with Asian and Pacific Islander Elderly Garden Lanai Chair/Discussant: Valerie Yontz, Kokua Kalihi Valley? Migration Effects on Cultural Values: The Case of Samoan Families Caring for Their Elders in Hawai'i Jorge Delva-Tauiliili, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Obtaining Informed Consent from Traditional Japanese Elders for Treatment in Oncology: Queen's Medical Center Morris Saldov, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Social and Cultural Dynamics in Samoan and Filipino Elderly Communities Nia Aitaoto, Kokua Kalihi Valley Macrina Abenoja, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Tuesday, May 26, Session Eight: 3:30-5:00 8.1 Indigenous Peoples and Land Issues in the Pacific Carnation Room Chair/Discussant: Davianna MacGregor, University of Hawai'i at Manoa New Social Movements and Constructivist Theories of Culture in the Case of The Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement LeeRay Costa, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Real and Imagined Homelands: A Critical Perspective on Anthropological Theories of Globalization Ulla Hasager, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Territorial Conflict: The Struggle for Indigenous Land in the United States Jamae K.K. Kawauchi, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Causal Stories and U.S. Intervention in Forest Policy in the Territory of Hawai'i Brian Lym, University of California, Santa Cruz 8.2 Filipino American Identities in Diaspora Plumeria Room Chair/Discussant: Dean Alegado, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Religion and Identity for Immigrant Filipinos in America: Exploring a Prayer Ritual Roderick N. Labrador, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Personal Identities, Political Identities: Pride, Passion and Power in Our Diverse Pilipino Community Camaron Miyamoto, University of Hawai'i at Manoa "Typically Filipino" Albert Robillard, University of Hawai'i at Manoa 8.3 The Chinese Diaspora in the Pacific Rim Ilima Room Chair/Discussant: Alvin So, University of Hawai'i at Manoa The Pacific Diaspora: Chinese in Hawai'i and Tahiti Carol C. Fan, University of Hawai'i at Manoa The Overseas Chinese at the University of Auckland Kwi Leng Lee, University of Auckland Chinese Business Migration to Canada: A Case of Transnational Migration Lloyd L. Wong, Okanagan University College 8.4 The Hawai'i AJA Community: Balancing Ethnic Self-Criticism and Ethnic Solidarity in the Wake of the Cindy Kobayashi Mackey "Nisei Debate" Garden Lanai Chair: Ida Yoshinaga, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Moderator: Joyce Chinen, University of Hawai'i-West O'ahu Panelists: Pamela Kido, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Geraldine E. Kosasa-Terry, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Mark Santoki, Hawaii Herald Eileen Tamura, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Ted Tsukiyama, Attorney