Susie Lan Cassel
Biographic Data
| ID | 6199679 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Susie Lan Cassel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Susie Lan |
| FAMILY NAME | Cassel |
| SIGNATURE | CASSEL S L |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University, San Marcos |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Binding Altered Not Only My Feet but My Whole Character: Footbinding and First-World Feminism in Chinese American Literature
Footbinding and First-World Feminism in Chinese American Literature This article traces the trope of footbinding in Chinese American literature and argues that it primarily appears framed within a first-world feminist perspective that largely condemns it as oppressive, exotic, patriarchal, and/or sexualized. While not condoning this cruel and inhumane practice, this article suggests that a first-world critique of footbinding does an injustice to …
The Sum of Our Parts: Mixed Heritage Asian Americans (review)
Reviewed by: The Sum of Our Parts: Mixed Heritage Asian Americans Susie Lan Cassel The Sum of Our Parts: Mixed Heritage Asian Americans. Edited by Teresa Williams-Leon and Cynthia L. Nakashima. Foreword by Michael Omi. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2001. Michael Omi begins his forward to The Sum of Our Parts: Mixed Heritage Asian Americans, edited by Teresa Williams-Leon and Cynthia L. Nakashima, by noting that multiraciality is fascinat…
Breast-Less by Choice
When I was twelve years old, my mother told me that she would pay for my breast surgery. I figured she was just picking on me again. She invariably thought I was too fat or too thin; my eyebrows were too thick, my legs too long, my torso too short, my hair too light, my skin too dark. Like certain primate mothers, my mother had a need to pick and preen. The minute I walked in the door, she saw things about me that called out for her attention. Ma…
The Very inside: An Anthology of Writing by Asian and Pacific Islander Lesbian and Bisexual Women
The Very Inside: An Anthology of Writing by Asian and Pacific Islander Lesbian and Bisexual Women. Ed. Sharon Lim-Hing. Toronto: Sister Vision Press, 1994. 467 pages. $16.95 paper. Get access The Very Inside: An Anthology of Writing by Asian and Pacific Islander Lesbian and Bisexual Women. Ed. Sharon Lim-Hing. Toronto: Sister Vision Press, 1994. 467 pages. $16.95 paper Susie Lan Cassel Susie Lan Cassel California State University, San Marcos Sear…
The Wars We Took to Vietnam: Cultural Conflict and Storytelling, and: Then The Americans Came: Voices from Vietnam (review)
Reviewed by: The Wars We Took to Vietnam: Cultural Conflict and Storytelling, and: Then The Americans Came: Voices from Vietnam Susie Lan Cassel The Wars We Took to Vietnam: Cultural Conflict and Storytelling. By Milton J. Bates. Berkeley: University of California Press. 1996. Then The Americans Came: Voices from Vietnam. By Martha Hess. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1993. Since the 1973 American withdrawal from Vietnam, a generation o…
The Binding Altered Not Only My Feet but My Whole Character: Footbinding and First-World Feminism in Chinese American Literature
Footbinding and First-World Feminism in Chinese American Literature This article traces the trope of footbinding in Chinese American literature and argues that it primarily appears framed within a first-world feminist perspective that largely condemns it as oppressive, exotic, patriarchal, and/or sexualized. While not condoning this cruel and inhumane practice, this article suggests that a first-world critique of footbinding does an injustice to …
The Wars We Took to Vietnam: Cultural Conflict and Storytelling, and: Then The Americans Came: Voices from Vietnam (review)
Reviewed by: The Wars We Took to Vietnam: Cultural Conflict and Storytelling, and: Then The Americans Came: Voices from Vietnam Susie Lan Cassel The Wars We Took to Vietnam: Cultural Conflict and Storytelling. By Milton J. Bates. Berkeley: University of California Press. 1996. Then The Americans Came: Voices from Vietnam. By Martha Hess. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1993. Since the 1973 American withdrawal from Vietnam, a generation o…
The Very inside: An Anthology of Writing by Asian and Pacific Islander Lesbian and Bisexual Women
The Very Inside: An Anthology of Writing by Asian and Pacific Islander Lesbian and Bisexual Women. Ed. Sharon Lim-Hing. Toronto: Sister Vision Press, 1994. 467 pages. $16.95 paper. Get access The Very Inside: An Anthology of Writing by Asian and Pacific Islander Lesbian and Bisexual Women. Ed. Sharon Lim-Hing. Toronto: Sister Vision Press, 1994. 467 pages. $16.95 paper Susie Lan Cassel Susie Lan Cassel California State University, San Marcos Sear…
Breast-Less by Choice
When I was twelve years old, my mother told me that she would pay for my breast surgery. I figured she was just picking on me again. She invariably thought I was too fat or too thin; my eyebrows were too thick, my legs too long, my torso too short, my hair too light, my skin too dark. Like certain primate mothers, my mother had a need to pick and preen. The minute I walked in the door, she saw things about me that called out for her attention. Ma…
The Sum of Our Parts: Mixed Heritage Asian Americans (review)
Reviewed by: The Sum of Our Parts: Mixed Heritage Asian Americans Susie Lan Cassel The Sum of Our Parts: Mixed Heritage Asian Americans. Edited by Teresa Williams-Leon and Cynthia L. Nakashima. Foreword by Michael Omi. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2001. Michael Omi begins his forward to The Sum of Our Parts: Mixed Heritage Asian Americans, edited by Teresa Williams-Leon and Cynthia L. Nakashima, by noting that multiraciality is fascinat…
The Binding Altered Not Only My Feet but My Whole Character: Footbinding and First-World Feminism in Chinese American Literature
Footbinding and First-World Feminism in Chinese American Literature This article traces the trope of footbinding in Chinese American literature and argues that it primarily appears framed within a first-world feminist perspective that largely condemns it as oppressive, exotic, patriarchal, and/or sexualized. While not condoning this cruel and inhumane practice, this article suggests that a first-world critique of footbinding does an injustice to …
Art (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Ethnic group (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works)