http://www.amazon.com/Part-Asian-100.../dp/0811849597

In time for the celebration of asian pacific heritage month, Kip Fulbeck introduces a picture book asking hapa individuals the question, "What are you?" I saw the author interviewed on a CNN segment and the different faces and spectrums of "hapa" is as wide ranging as the different landscapes across this country. The hapa phenomenon is deemed to be the growing face of the 21st century. Whether it's their parents generation, grandparents, or great-grandparents, the asian influence is spreading around the globe.

Originally a derogatory label derived from the Hawaiian word for half, Hapa is now being embraced as a term of pride by many people of Asian or Pacific Rim mixed-race heritage. Award-winning film producer and artist Kip Fulbeck has created a forum in word and image for Hapas to answer the question they're nearly always asked: "What are you?" Fulbeck's frank, head-on portraits are paired with the sitters' own statements of identity. A work of intimacy, beauty, and powerful self-expression, Part Asian, 100% Hapa is the book Fulbeck says he wishes he had growing up. An introduction to the rest of the world and an affirmation for Hapas themselves?who now number in the millions?it offers a new perspective on a rapidly growing population.

Part Asian, 100% Hapa is a photo album of the twenty-first-century global village. Hapa is Hawaiian slang for someone whose mixed racial heritage includes Asian or Pacific Islander ancestry. Hapa artist and writer Fulbeck decided to "increase mainstream Hapa awareness" by photographing Hapas of diverse backgrounds and ages and asking each participant how he or she copes with the daily query, "What are you?" Sean Lennon kicks things off with a smart and irreverent foreword, and Fulbeck's simply composed portraits are profoundly evocative. Each person's ethnic background reads like a poem hinting at dramatic journeys and improbable love: Japanese, French, Chinese, Irish, Swedish, Sioux, Thai, Mexican, Irish, and Native American (Yaqui). And their pithy handwritten personal statements are wry and wicked, sweet and tangy.



Black-asian??




Indian-asian??




South american-asian??




Euro-asian??

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