Asian American Women and Men: Labor, Laws, and Love

by Yen Le Espiritu

Labor, laws, and love. Yen Le Espiritu explores how racist and gendered labor conditions and immigration laws have affected relations between and among Asian American women and men. Asian American Men and Women documents how the historical and contemporary oppression of Asians in the United States has (re)structured the balance of power between Asian American women and men and shaped their struggles to create and maintain social institutions and systems of meaning. Espiritu emphasizes how race, gender, and class, as categories of difference, do not parallel but instead intersect and confirm one other.

Genres: Nonfiction, Academic, Race, Gender, Politics, Historical, Asian American

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

Reviews

[Anna-Marie · Rating 4 out of 5]

VERY sociologically heavy, but overall well-written and easy to follow.

[Christine · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was written by one of my Professors!

[Linda Le · Rating 5 out of 5]

stumbled across this book for a research paper in one of my asn am classes. LOVED it, very insightful

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

A comprehensive and impressive over-view of Asians in America and the various social, political, and cultural issues they face.

[Stephanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I did not read the entire book, only certain chapters because we used it as a textbook for my Asian American Studies class.

3/5 stars