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academic essay music

“Gerald Wilson – ‘Viva Tirado’ (1962)” (Essay, 2022)

  • March 3, 2023
academic essay Asian Americans food

“Live at the China Royal: A Funky Ode to Fall River’s Chow Mein Sandwich” (Essay, 2019)

  • August 19, 2020
academic essay music

“Microwave DJs: A Revisit of Farrugia and Swiss’s ‘Tracking the DJs'” (Response essay, 2019)

  • March 1, 2019
journalism/criticism music

“The ‘Tuba Fats’ Riff” (Article, 2018)

  • September 1, 2018
Asian Americans book review food race

“From Chop Suey to Haute Cuisine: A Case Study in American ‘Ethnic Food'” (Book review, 2017)

  • March 27, 2017
book review Los Angeles/urban studies

Space Invaders (Book Review, 2016)

  • May 13, 2016
academic essay Asian Americans race sports

“Everyone Loves an Underdog: Learning From Linsanity” (Essay, 2016)

  • April 27, 2016
book review gender sexuality

“Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape” (Book Review, 2016)

  • March 25, 2016
book review hip-hop music

“Top Five, Dead or Alive” (Book Review, 2016)

  • February 7, 2016
Asian Americans book review race

“The Making of Asian America” (Book Review)

  • September 4, 2015
book review Los Angeles/urban studies

“LAtitudes: An Angeleno’s Atlas” (Book review, 2015)

  • May 7, 2015
Asian Americans monograph music

“Legions of Boom: Filipino American Mobile DJ Crews of the San Francisco Bay Area” (Monograph, 2015)

  • April 27, 2015
book review music

“Do Not Sell at Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World’s Rarest 78rpm Records” (Book review, 2014)

  • October 15, 2014
book review Los Angeles/urban studies music

“Overdrive,” “Never Built Los Angeles” and “Songs in the Key of Los Angeles” (Book review, 2014)

  • August 3, 2014
Asian Americans book review food

“L.A. Son : My Life, My City, My Food” and “Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir” (Book review, 2014)

  • April 27, 2014
Asian Americans music personal essay

“Getting Schooled: Lessons From Researching Filipino American Mobile DJ Crews” (Personal essay, 2014)

  • February 7, 2014
academic essay Asian Americans food Los Angeles/urban studies

“Learning From Los Kogi Angeles: A Taco Truck and Its City” (Essay, 2013)

  • October 25, 2013
academic essay music race

“The Comfort Zone: Shaping the Retro-Soul Audience” (Essay, 2012)

  • November 25, 2012
academic essay Los Angeles/urban studies music race

“The Journey of ‘Viva Tirado'” (Essay, 2010)

  • December 11, 2010
personal essay popular culture

“Reflections from a Sociologist of Popular Culture” (Personal essay, 2009)

  • December 24, 2009
academic essay Asian Americans food Los Angeles/urban studies

“To Live and Dine in Kogi L.A.” (Essay, 2009)

  • November 13, 2009
academic essay Asian Americans hip-hop race

“Rapping and Repping Asian: Race, Authenticity, and the Asian American MC” (Essay, 2007)

  • April 16, 2007
academic essay hip-hop journalism/criticism music

“Trapped In Between The Lines: The Aesthetics of Hip-Hop Journalism” (Essay, 2007)

  • February 8, 2007
Asian Americans book review cinema race

“Hollywood Asian: Philip Ahn and the Politics of Cross-Ethnic Performance” (Book review)

  • January 8, 2007
academic essay Asian Americans hip-hop music race

“These Are the Breaks: Hip-Hop and AfroAsian Cultural (Dis) Connections” (Essay)

  • November 8, 2006
academic essay Asian Americans music

“Between the notes: finding Asian America in popular music” (Essay, 2001)

  • November 8, 2001

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