\doc\web\98\10\ameras.txt Note - Arthur Hu did an article in Amerasia on the dual minority, forgot what the date was though. Date sent: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 16:22:07 -0800 Send reply to: H-NET List on Ethnic History From: Josef Barton Subject: JRNLANN: AMERASIA JOURNAL PUBLISHES 26-YEAR CUMULATIVE INDEX To: H-ETHNIC@H-NET.MSU.EDU PRESS RELEASE. FOR IMMEDIATE USE Diana de Cardenas (dianadec@support.ucla.edu) (310) 206-1464 December 14, 1998 "UCLA Asian American Studies Center's Amerasia Journal Publishes its 26-Year Cumulative Index: A Record of 'Immeasurable Impact' on the field of Asian American Studies" Amerasia Journal, the oldest academic journal in the field of Asian American Studies, has released its cumulative index, which documents its first 26 years of publishing from its inaugural issue in 1971 to 1997. In total, 516 articles, 183 short stories, memoirs, and poems, 383 book reviews, and numerous interviews and bibliographies have appeared in the over 25,000 pages that have been published by the journal. Amerasia Journal was founded in 1970 by members of the Yale University Asian American Students Association. Two Yale seniors -- Lowell Chun-Hoon and Don Nakanishi -- were the founding editor and publisher, respectively. After publishing two issues at Yale in 1971, Amerasia Journal and its first editor Chun-Hoon moved to the UCLA Asian American Studies Center. It has been supported and housed at the UCLA Center ever since. The 90-page index was compiled by Ellen Wu, a recent graduate of the M.A. Program in Asian American Studies at UCLA, and builds on an earlier index that was organized by Yen Espiritu, now a professor at the University of California, San Diego. It features essays by Russell Leong, who has served as the senior editor of the journal since 1977; Nakanishi, who is now a UCLA professor and the Director of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center; and Wu. "Within Asian American Studies," writes Leong, "the Amerasia Journal occupies a unique position as the interdisciplinary journal that has helped to strategize the intellectual discourse on Asian Americans for over twenty-six years, reflecting the evolution and spaces of the field itself -- political, discursive, designated, and transnational." The cumulative article index categorizes the 516 academic articles, reflecting an array of scholarly disciplines from history to law and from sociology to public health into 15 different topic areas such as "Immigrants, Reguees, and Migration," "Arts and Culture," "Labor Business, and Economy," "Multiracial Asians," "World War II and Japanese Americans," "Ethnic Identity," "Legal and Civil Rights," and "Gay and Lesbian Studies." There are separate listings for the bibliographies, book and film reviews, and creative writings which have appeared in Amerasia Journal over its nearly three-decade history. Founding publisher Nakanishi, in his preface to the index writes that, "Amerasia Journal has sought to fulfill its original mission of collecting and publishing the best and most provocative material we can find on Asians in America." "Over time, I believe it has been successful in pursuing this ambitious goal, and in contributing to a far fuller, accurate, and multifaceted understanding of the Asian Pacific American experience than existed before. It has showcased an extraordinary array of scholarly and creative works written by both highly recognizable and the many promising contributors to the field of Asian American Studies." "I believe Amerasia Journal has had an immeasurable impact on the field of Asian American Studies, and in our understanding of the broader American experience. It has served to educate a generation or two of students, faculty, and the general public, and can be found in libraries across the nation and around the world," said Nakanishi. Amerasia Journal has featured the writings of a "Who's Who" collection of scholars, creative writers, policy analysts, and activists during its nearly three decades of existence. They include Peter Bacho, Edna Bonacich, Sucheng Chan, Edward Chang, Gordon Chang, Lucie Cheng, Frank Chin, Roger Daniels, Violet De Cristoforo, Enrique de la Cruz, Hisaye Yamamoto, Arif Dirlif, Yen Espiritu, Warren Furutani, N.V.M. Gonzalez, John Herzig, Lane Hirabayashi, Evelyn Hu-DeHart, Marlon Hom, Velina Houston, Shirley Hune, Yuji Ichioka, Lawson Inada, Snehendu Kar, Peter Kiang, Elaine Kim, Maxine Hong Kingston, Yuri Kochiyama, H. Mark Lai, Vinay Lal, Bill Lann Lee, Lisa Lowe, Robert Maeda, Mari Matsuda, Valerie Matsumoto, Pyong Gap Min, Dale Minami, Angela Oh, Gary Okihiro, Glenn Omatsu, Michael Omi, Paul Ong, David Palumbo-Liu, Kyeyoung Park, E. San Juan, Jr., Alexander Saxton, Stanley Sue, Dana Takagi, Ronald Takaki, Haunani-Kay Trask, L. Ling-chi Wang, Teresa Williams, Sau-Ling Wong, Karen Tei Yamashita, Wakako Yamauchi, and Judy Yung, among many others. Each year, hundreds of professors at colleges across the nation and around the world seek permission to reprint articles from Amerasia Journal for their course reading materials in ethnic studies, American history, legal studies, English literature, public policy, and the social sciences. The articles also have been reprinted in several hudred anthologies and edited volumes published by major university and commercial presses. Since many of the individual issues of Amerasia Journal are now out of print, plans have been made to make its entire collection available through microfilm, CD-ROM, and through the internet. Information on back issues can be found at the web site of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center: www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc. The Amerasia Journal Cumulative Index is available for $10 (plus shipping and handling of $3.00 for the first copy, and $1 for each additional copy) plus sales tax (8.25% Los Angeles County residents; 7.75% for California residents). Special bulk order prices also available. Annual individual subscriptions are $28, while the institutional rate is $40/year. Make checks payable to the "UC Regents," and send to Publications, UCLA Asian American Studies Center, 3230 Campbell Hall, PO Box 951546, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1546. For more information, please call (310) 825-2974. Don T. Nakanishi, Director and Professor UCLA Asian American Studies Center 3230 Campbell Hall PO Box 951546 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1546 phone: (310) 825-2974 fax: (310) 206-9844 e-mail: dtn@ucla.edu Please visit theCenter's web site: www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc