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|Image=Theasianadian.jpg | |Image=463px-Theasianadian.jpg | ||
|Home page=http://asianadian.blogspot.ca/ | |Home page=http://asianadian.blogspot.ca/ | ||
|Location=National | |Location=National | ||
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maintaining a decidedly cultural aspect with poetry, prose, book reviews, crossword | maintaining a decidedly cultural aspect with poetry, prose, book reviews, crossword | ||
puzzles, ''Dubious Award'' (to the most obvious Asian Canadian stereotypes), and cartoons. | puzzles, ''Dubious Award'' (to the most obvious Asian Canadian stereotypes), and cartoons. | ||
==History== | |||
''The Asianadian'' was published from 1978 to 1985 with 24 issues. It was founded by Tony Chan, | ''The Asianadian'' was published from 1978 to 1985 with 24 issues. It was founded by Tony Chan, | ||
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# To find new dignity and pride in being Asian in Canada. | # To find new dignity and pride in being Asian in Canada. | ||
# To promote an understanding between Asian Canadians and other Canadians. | # To promote an understanding between Asian Canadians and other Canadians. | ||
# To speak out against those conditions, individuals and institutions perpetuating racism | # To speak out against those conditions, individuals and institutions perpetuating racism in Canada. | ||
in Canada. | # To stand up against the distortions of our history in Canada, stereotypes, economic exploitations, and the general tendency towards injustice and inequality practiced on minority groups. | ||
# To stand up against the distortions of our history in Canada, stereotypes, economic | |||
exploitations, and the general tendency towards injustice and inequality practiced on | |||
minority groups. | |||
# To provide a forum for Asian Canadian writers, artists, musicians, etc . | # To provide a forum for Asian Canadian writers, artists, musicians, etc . | ||
# To promote unity by bridging the gap between Asians with roots in Canada and recent | # To promote unity by bridging the gap between Asians with roots in Canada and recent immigrants. | ||
immigrants. | |||
==Commentary== | ==Commentary== | ||
<i>" | <i>"Since the demise of ''The Asianadian'' magazine... there has been no national forum for discussing cultural or political issues for a pan-Asian audience."</i> | ||
Richard Fung in Li, ''Voices Rising'', 2007, p. 29 | Richard Fung in Li, ''Voices Rising'', 2007, p. 29 | ||
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Editorials are excerpted in ''Ginger Post''. [http://www.gingerpost.com http://gingerpost.com/] | Editorials are excerpted in ''Ginger Post''. [http://www.gingerpost.com http://gingerpost.com/] | ||
Hard copies of the 24 issues can be found in the libraries at the University of British Columbia, University of Toronto (East Asian Library), and the University of Washington. An electronic version is at Memorial University of Newfoundland and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. | Hard copies of the 24 issues can be found in the Toronto Public Library (Toronto Reference Library) and in the libraries at the University of British Columbia, University of Toronto (East Asian Library), and the University of Washington. An electronic version is at Memorial University of Newfoundland and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. | ||
An extensive review of ''The Asianadian'' is contained in Xiaoping Li, ''Voices Rising: Asian Canadian Cultural Activism'', Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2007. | An extensive review of ''The Asianadian'' is contained in [http://asiancanadianwiki.org/w/Xiaoping_Li Xiaoping Li], ''Voices Rising: Asian Canadian Cultural Activism'', Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2007. | ||
[http://www.ubcpress.ca/search/title_book.asp?BookID=4564] | [http://www.ubcpress.ca/search/title_book.asp?BookID=4564] | ||
[http://www.ubcpress.ca/books/pdf/chapters/2007/voicesrising.pdf] | [http://www.ubcpress.ca/books/pdf/chapters/2007/voicesrising.pdf] | ||
==Archive== | |||
<gallery mode=packed heights=200px> | |||
File:V1n1-page-001_(1).jpg|Tin Yum-Lau. "Après Minuit" (1975). Etching. | |||
File:V1n2-page-001.jpg|Gene Chu. "Captivity" (1976). Woodcut with photo engraving. | |||
File:V4n1-page-001.jpg|Author unknown. "On a farm somewhere in British Columbia, circa 1939." Photograph. | |||
</gallery> | |||
* Volume 1, Number 1 [[File:v1n1.pdf]] | * Volume 1, Number 1 [[File:v1n1.pdf]] | ||