OK, I just finished Yamanaka,
OK, I just finished Yamanaka, but don't have time to write very much -- later today or tomorrow I'll throw out some stuff. But I found an article that raises some good questions: This Hawaii Is Not for Tourists, from the Atlantic Monthly. I haven't finished it yet, but like it so far. Skim down past the intro and it gets into the flap about the Filipino stereotypes. Apparently one of Yamanaka's harshest critics didn't actually read her book -- he just flipped through and picked out the offending passages. Way to go, teacher! That's showing a careful concern for the text.