5:1 (2007)
Over the last several decades, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) have struggled to ensure that their peoples, histories, and cultures are accurately represented. Unfortunately, popular images of AAPIs have been based on simplistic stereotypes of perpetual foreigners or disease-bearing poor or unfair competitors in the marketplace or “model minorities,” images that have had serious negative implications for AAPI communities. Accurate or “authentic” representation of AAPI cultures and history are clearly important elements in America’s ability to acknowledge our presence, our complex roles in society, and our problems and potentials.
This special issue of AAPI Nexus on cultural institutions adds to our collective knowledge and wisdom. The five articles provide important insights into how mainstream cultural institutions have changed, the challenges facing professional practice, and how ethnic-specific cultural institutions are faring.
Guest Editor: Franklin Odo
Authors:
ShiPu Wang, Clara M. Chu, Todd Honma, Leslie Ito, John Rosa, Lewis Kawahara, Nadereh Pourat, Ninez A. Ponce, Roberta Wyn.
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2007. Art & Cultural Institutions. AAPI Nexus: Policy, Practice and Community: 2007, Vol. 5, No. 1.