1. 2013 Research Showcase Karla Lucht | klucht@illinois.edu A "Mixed" Bag: Searching for Hapa Characters in Youth Literature

2. Defining “Hapa” Mixed Race “Two or more races” (U.S. Census Bureau). 9 million individuals identified themselves as mixed-race. 2.6 million Americans identified themselves as part Asian. “Hapa” Defined as “part” or “mixed,” with no racial or ethnic meaning. Stems from the phrase “hapa haole.” Commonly used to describe Asian Pacific Islanders of mixed race heritage.

3. The Search LOC Subject Heading Racially mixed people – Fiction Racially mixed people – Juvenile Fiction Racially mixed children – Fiction Subject Indices Search Engine Keywords Folksonomies

4. Keyword Frenzy Asian American mixed- race hapa Asian Canadian blasian Eurasian Multi-racial biracial Amerasian oriental Afro-asian Racially-mixed

5. “When my mother met my father, she was a Japanese schoolgirl and he was an American sailor.” -How My Parents Learned to Eat

6. “She was both Vietnamese and American—but she felt like a nobody.” -The Face in my Mirror cover