Recommended Readings

Recommended Readings to accompany
Asian Americans in New York Fashion: Design, Labor, Innovation
March 2-27, 2022

Aguirre, Adalberto, and Shoon Lio. “Spaces of Mobilization: The Asian American/Pacific Islander Struggle for Social Justice.” Social Justice 35, no. 2 (112) (2008): 1-17.

Chang, Tzu-Fen, Szu-Yu Chen, and Kristy Y Shih. “Impacts of the Model Minority Myth on Asian American Individuals and Families:  Social Justice and Critical Race Feminist Perspectives.” Journal of Family Theory & Review II, no. 3 (September 2019): 412-428.

Ilchi, Layla. “‘House of Slay’ Comic Series Tackles Anti-Asian Hate.” Women’s Wear Daily, November 9, 2021. https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/house-of-slay-comic-series-anti-asian-hate-details-1234993264/

Kambhampaty, Anna P. “In 1968, These Activists Coined the Term 'Asian American'—And Helped Shape Decades of Advocacy.” Time. Time, May 22, 2020.
https://time.com/5837805/asian-american-history/

Kaplan, Rebecca, ed. Impact: 50 Years of the Council of Fashion Designers of America. New York: Abrams, 2012.

La Force, Thessaly. “The Designers: Why there are so Many Asian-Americans in Fashion, and how they Changed the Industry.” New York Times, April 13, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/13/t-magazine/asian-american-fashion-designers.html

Moon, Christina H. Labor and Creativity in New York’s Global Fashion Industry. New York, NY: Routledge, 2020.

Phạm, Minh-Hà T. Asians Wear Clothes on the Internet: Race, Gender, and the Work of Personal Style Blogging. Durham: Duke University Press, 2015.

Reilly, Maura. “What is Curatorial Activism?” in Curatorial Activism: Towards and Ethics of Curating. London: Thames & Hudson, 2018.  

Tong, Julie. "Stop Asian Hate: How Phillip Lim and Ruba Abu-Nimah Are Fighting Anti-Asian Racism." Vogue, March 21, 2021.
https://www.vogue.com/article/how-phillip-lim-and-ruba-abu-nimah-are-fighting-anti-asian-racism

Tu, Thuy Linh N. The Beautiful Generation: Asian Americans and the Cultural Economy of Fashion. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2011.

Waxman, Olivia B., and Paulina Cachero. “11 Moments From Asian American History That You Should Know.” Time, April 30, 2021. https://time.com/5956943/aapi-history-milestones/