Week 3 Blog- MV

Mai Vang
Through the eyes of multiple authors, Christopher Lee has demonstrated
though his book,"Diaspora, Trans nationalism, and Asian American Studies:
Position and Debates,"  that Asian Americans has become hybrids. The
emergence of Asian Diasporas in the Americas has allowed the Asians
to reconnect with their homeland, but at the same time, Asians has
acculturated and assimilated themselves to the ideas of the new land.
This idea had authors interested in the idea of trans nationalism where
"boundaries are sustained by real and/ or symbolic ties to some origin
of homeland."
Lee's method of bringing various authors' point of view in the attempt to
define Asian Americans has interest me when the term "hybrid" and
"modernity" was mentioned. As I understood, time has created a
new generation where identifying and practicing both Asian and American
ways has led to the new generations of Asian Americans as hybrids, where
they grow to identify themselves as one, hybrids.

Question:  Hybrid is a strong word to identify oneself during this time. Is it
possible for this term to replace the term "Asian Americans?"

This image depicts the change in fashion where both Asian and American
cultures are combine as one to create a beautiful piece.


Lee, Christopher. " Diasporas, Transnationalism and Asian American studies: Position and
Debates." Displacements and Diasporas: Asians in the Americas. Ed. Wanni W. Anderson
and Robert G. Lee New Brunswick: Rutgers University press, 2005.23-38. print.