Celebrating the Year of the Monkey

Presented by the KBCC Asian Society Featuring Chinese Folk Dance Company Date: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 Time: 11:20AM Place: Kingsborough Community College, CUNY – Mac Theater Dance Program Welcome Charles Kee (Faculty Advisor) / Luisa Wang (Asian Society President) Greetings Betty Lee Sung (Chair, Asian American / Asian Research Institute, CUNY) Soaring Bamboo Bells Juggling … Read more

Imagining Chinatowns and Little Italies: A Visual Approach to Ethnic Spectacles

Ethnic stereotypes and their commercial exploitation hinder the socioeconomic advancement of immigrants and ethnics. Over the past three decades I have studied, and photographed, a wide range of internationally recognized ethnic neighborhoods where one finds ethnic festivals and more mundane spectacles. “Chinatown” and “Little Italy” are two of many genres of commercial precincts or what … Read more