Big little man : in search of my Asian self
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Physical Desc
261 pages ; 24 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Lamar Public Library (C426) - BIOGRAPHY | B TIZON ALEX TIZON | On Shelf |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Asian American men -- Psychology.
Asian American men -- Social conditions.
Asian Americans -- Ethnic identity.
Filipino Americans -- Biography.
Masculinity -- United States.
Sex role -- United States.
Sexual attraction -- Social aspects -- United States.
Tizon, Alex.
United States -- Ethnic relations.
Young men -- United States -- Biography.
Asian American men -- Social conditions.
Asian Americans -- Ethnic identity.
Filipino Americans -- Biography.
Masculinity -- United States.
Sex role -- United States.
Sexual attraction -- Social aspects -- United States.
Tizon, Alex.
United States -- Ethnic relations.
Young men -- United States -- Biography.
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Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
"A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist's memoir, in the spirit of Richard Rodriquez's Hunger for Memory and Nathan McCall's Makes Me Wanna Holler--an intimate look at the mythology, experience, and psyche of the Asian American male"--,Provided by publisher.
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"Why do so many people find Asian women sexy but Asian men sexless? Alex Tizon's family emigrated from the Philippines when he was four. He quickly learned to be ashamed of his face, his color, his physical size. In movies and on television he saw Asian men as 'servants, villains, or geeks, one-dimensional, powerless, sneaky little men.' His fierce and funny observations of sex and the Asian American male include the story of his own college life in the 1980s, a tortured tutorial on just how little sex appeal accrued to the Asian man. And then, two transformations. First, Tizon's growing understanding that shame is universal; that his own just happened to take racial shape. Next, seismic cultural changes--from Xiu Xiang's 2004 Olympic gold-winning sprint, to Jerry Yang's phenomenal success with Yahoo! Inc., to Keanu Reeves' leading-man status in The Matrix--that draw him out of his exile. Finally, Tizon's deeply original, taboo-bending investigation turns outward, tracking the unheard stories of young men today, in a landscape still complex but much changed for the Asian American man"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Tizon, A. (2014). Big little man: in search of my Asian self . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Tizon, Alex. 2014. Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Tizon, Alex. Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Tizon, Alex. Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
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