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Part Asian, 100% Hapa
Once a derogatory label derived from the Hawaiian word for half, Hapa is now being embraced as a term of pride by many people of Asian or Pacific Rim mixed-race heritage. Award-winning film producer and artist Kip Fulbeck has created a forum in word and image for Hapas to answer the question they're nearly always asked: "What are you?" Fulbeck's frank, head-on portraits ar...more
Paperback, 264 pages
Published
March 9th 2006
by Chronicle Books
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Part Pictures, Part Words, 100% Personal
Part Asian, 100% Hapa is one of those books that is so simple, yet so complex. I was fortunate enough to see Kip Fulbeck recently and in all honesty, it was one of the most impactful presentations I've ever seen. This book and the Hapa Project was the focus of his presentation, and unfortunately, this book only serves as a supplement to what I've seen.
I'm going to combine some of the things Fulbeck said and Part Asian, 100% Hapa, since the point of the boo...more
Part Asian, 100% Hapa is one of those books that is so simple, yet so complex. I was fortunate enough to see Kip Fulbeck recently and in all honesty, it was one of the most impactful presentations I've ever seen. This book and the Hapa Project was the focus of his presentation, and unfortunately, this book only serves as a supplement to what I've seen.
I'm going to combine some of the things Fulbeck said and Part Asian, 100% Hapa, since the point of the boo...more
In his book, Kip Fulbeck presents a visual cross-section of hapa America. Bookended by thoughts from Sean Lennon and Paul Spickard, the portraits of people unclothed from the collarbone up are accompanied by their own responses to the perennial question, "What are you?"
I enjoy how Fulbeck's collection of images and voices turns societal convention on its head. Society's historical and enduring curiosity with racially mixed people is challenged by the gaze of Fulbeck's participants, who present t...more
I enjoy how Fulbeck's collection of images and voices turns societal convention on its head. Society's historical and enduring curiosity with racially mixed people is challenged by the gaze of Fulbeck's participants, who present t...more
Picked this book up after visiting MOCA yesterday. On the whole, I really like the premise and execution: natural, unglamorized, unexoticized portraits of multiracial people with Asian descent, along with short, handwritten responses from subjects to the question "What are you?" The self-identified ethnic background of each subject is also given, but there are no percentages, no pie charts, no arrows or labels saying, "Here's the Malay part," or, "This is the Dutch part".
What the portraits reall...more
What the portraits reall...more
The culmination of the Hapa Project, wherein Kip Fulbeck, a rather talented poet/photographer/surfer/guitarist (you name it), photographs various people who define themselves as Hapa. That is, Fulbeck did not say "I will only photograph this particular racial identity", but rather accepted anyone who considered themselves Hapa. Included in the book are a variety of portraits, devoid of any identifying markers except for the subjects' natural appearances, as well as their own handwritten answers...more
“Hapa haole”was originally a Hawaiian expression that meant a mixture of “white” and “Hawaiian,” but “hapa” has come to mean anyone with Asian or Pacific Islander ancestry. Kip Fulbeck, himself a hapa, has brought together hundreds of hapas in this collection and celebration of what it is to be hapa. Each person was photographed from shoulders up with a minimum of makeup and/or jewelry, and everyone was given space to write an answer to the question, “what are you?” Hapas are used to hearing thi...more
ha•pa (hä’pä) adj. 1. Slang. of mixed racial heritage with partial roots in Asian and/or Pacific Islander ancestry. n. 2. Slang. a person of such ancestry. {der./Hawaiian: hapa haole. (half white)}
This is an excellent book. Being hapa myself, this is just the kind of book that not only hapas should read, but people of all races and ethnic backgrounds should read and look at.
It would certainly (or so I would hope) broaden the understanding of being multiracial/biracial.
I appreciate the intellige...more
This is an excellent book. Being hapa myself, this is just the kind of book that not only hapas should read, but people of all races and ethnic backgrounds should read and look at.
It would certainly (or so I would hope) broaden the understanding of being multiracial/biracial.
I appreciate the intellige...more
i came upon this book and kip fulbeck's work back in graduate school about 5 years ago. i connected to every image and word in this book. i wish it were available to me when i was growing up. i know times have changed and the world is a more mixed and diverse place but i think that any mixed race child would benefit from this book in some way. i highly recommend it. and, fulbeck is a great public speaker, you should check out one of his talks if he's ever in your area.
i know that this may not be the kind of book you would ordinarily read, but i got this as a gift from my aunt recently and sat in my room for hours looking at it. being biracial, my ethnicity has always played a huge role im my identity. this is an amazing book of photos and notes from people on their heritage. i found that i could easily identify with many of them. i would ABSOLUTELY recommend this to anyone and everyone.
There are quite a few beautiful faces in this book; well, most of them actually, although I'm sure the majority of image-obsessed Americans wouldn't think so. I'm Mexican and Chinese, and when I first looked through the photos in this book I was in total awe- the people represented embody all the amazing possibilities of this world. All the faces gave me the unique feeling that I do, in fact, belong somewhere.
This is a book of portraits of people of all ages who are part Asian who answered the question, "What are you?" The responses ranged from scribbles to insightful reflections. The portraits are beautifully photographed. Some people look happy, others sad. This book makes me realize how damaging it can be to label someone or try to make them fit into a category.
An interesting and enlightening collection of no-frills portraits addressing race, context, identity choices made and owned. Individual faces draw the reader in and layer self-reflection on our drive to demand an answer to satisfy our own curiosity: "What (who) are you?"
It's probably strong to describe this as "reading" but I still thoroughly enjoyed it. There was a half-Korean half-caucasian guy in here that was like looking into a physical mirror - one stupid lopsided Asian eye, one stupid wide open caucasian eye. Great book.
Enlightening - being a hapa myself, it was nice to see how others identified. I think the idea of the book itself was pretty brilliant, and this is just an all around important piece. Looking forward to checking into some more of Fulbeck's work.
When I found this book in a random boutique I immediately bought it. Seeing people that look like you, identify in the same way, and have faced many of the same things is illuminating.
An interesting look on how people with mixed Asian descent look like. Makes you think about all kinds of blood running through your veins. After all, every Filipino is a Hapa.
A pictoral commentary on all types of "hapas". Thanks, Toni (and Nancy S.) for recommending it to me:-) Finally, a whole book of people who look like me...yea, mixies!
Fulbeck came to our school last year to give a presentation. He's really cool, and he has a way of connecting to his audience. Definitely an artist to look out for in the future.
Wonderful short read for hapa kids, and parents of hapa kids. I thoroughly enjoyed looking at all the beautiful faces.
i love this book, headshots and handwritten statements by mixed race people. everyone in here is part asian, lots of folks are like me and part native and jewish also. this book made me laugh and i stared at the photos and felt joy. then i went to bed and had seriously good dreams about my identity. one white looking lady said "i am part norwegian, and that can suck the color out of anything." one little boy said "i am chinese and danish, but i don't tell people i am danish because then they thi...more
Lots of beautiful people in this book, young and old.
I want a copy of this book!
People who look like me!
Fascinating book. It gives a very stark image of a person of mixed ethnicity on one page and the person's own comments handwritten on the opposite page. Some of the subjects gave very in depth statements of identity. Others wrote down thoughts from the moment. I bought the book because I'm likely to have children with mixed ethnicities. I wanted to see how others viewed themselves and some of the common issues that they face in responding the ever frustrating question of "What are you?"
i'm 100% japanese, but i totally relate with this book. the questions that they are asked about their identity are very similiar to the questions that people ask me. i may be 100% japanese, but i am very american with no accent. makes me feel very in between two cultures. i'm also beyond those categories. i think anyone can relate to this book regardless of what they are. i'm very interested in how people identify themselves in various ways. beautiful book.
Hundrends of photos of hapas of all ages, and short their observations on what it means to be "hapa" (or "quapa" for that matter)... very interesting how most hapas don't feel completely excepted my either of the "wholes" that make them up.. but this book definitely gives off a positive vibe and celebrates the beauty and uniqueness of being a mix-y.
Nov 13, 2008
Hannah
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
people who like looking at pretty people
Shelves:
memoirs-and-non-fiction,
read-in-2008
I found this book randomly while at the library, and I love Sean Lennon, so I snatched it. It's more of a picture book of people of mixed race, with a sentence or two in their own words about themselves. The people & pictures were beautiful! Very neat idea!
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For selfish reasons, my husband and I explored this book from cover to cover because we will be having biracial babies who are part Chinese and part Caucasian. Couldn't put it down. Thanks to my friend Noreen for this birthday present!
Can I say I've read this book? I've definitely LOOKED at it. Anyway, it's cool. There are even people (or at least one person) who is "like" me in this book which surprised me because I'm not a hapa in the modern sense.
I grew up always knowing that I was hapa. Hearing the question "what are you?" is almost a part of my daily life. It's fun to read the subjects interpretations of who they are. Great photos too.
I LOVED it. I wish this book came out when I was a kid and feeling like I don't exist in either of my cultures. I saw my own face in every single photo in this book.
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