Big little man : in search of my Asian self / Alex Tizon.
Big little man : in search of my Asian self / Alex Tizon.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
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G 2015/983
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Language
English
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Physical content
261 pages ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Killing Magellan -- Land of the Giants -- Orientals -- Seeking Hot Asian Babes -- Babes, Continued -- Asian Boy -- Tiny Men on the Big Screen -- Its Color Was Its Size -- Getting Tall -- Wen Wu -- Yellow Tornado -- "What Men Are Supposed to Do" -- "One of Us, Not One of Us" -- Big Little Fighter --...
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Publisher
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2014.
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Summary
"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.
"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...
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Big little man : in search of my Asian self / Alex Tizon.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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G 2015/983
Record Identifier
74VKO43KGkey
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ISBN
0547450486 (hardback)
9780547450483 (hardback)
DDC
305.895/073
MMS ID
991022621549702626
