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DESCRIPTION:<span style="line-height: 1.45em\;">At  the turn of the century
 \, Japanese immigrant poet Yone Noguchi\, the  father of renown Asian Amer
 ican sculptor Isamu Noguchi\, took a number of  rather unconventional and 
 contradictory actions.  He:&nbsp\;\n<span style="line-height: 1.45em\;">\n
 \n<ul><li>Wrote love letters to western writer Charles Warren Stoddard</li
 ><li>Impregnated editor Leonie Gilmour</li><li>Proposed marriage to journa
 list Ethel Armes</li></ul>\n\n Join  us as author Dr. Sueyoshi discusses h
 er work and the complex  interaction between lived sexualities and socio-l
 egal mores\, tracing how  one man negotiated affection across cultural\, l
 inguistic\, and moral  divides to find fulfillment in unconventional yet a
 cceptable ways.\n\n<span style="line-height: 1.45em\;"> Dr. Sueyoshi's boo
 k\, <em>Queer Compulsions: Race\, Nation\, and Sexuality in the Affairs of
  Yone Noguchi</em> unveils Noguchi's interracial and same-sex affairs to a
 ssert that Asian  Americans found romantic fulfillment even within a Calif
 ornia which was  reportedly anti-Japanese and heteronormative*. Moreover\,
  Asians and  Pacific Islanders would play a critical role in defining what
  attraction  and affection meant within America's supposedly all-white boh
 emian  community.     \n \n<span style="line-height: 1.45em\;">\n\n<span s
 tyle="line-height: 1.45em\;"> Noguchi's intimate life illustrates how seem
 ingly sex-segregated worlds  of &quot\;romantic friendships&quot\; collide
 d in desire and deception. While  Noguchi's affairs seem to resist existin
 g mores\, they powerfully  reflected gender\, racial\, and imperial realit
 ies of the time. Most  notably\, he manipulated race\, gender\, and sexual
 ity in his quest for  personal happiness.   \n \n<span style="line-height:
  1.45em\;"> <em>*Of\, relating to\, or based on the attitude that heterose
 xuality is  the only normal and natural expression of sexuality (Merriam W
 ebster)</em>\n\n<span style="line-height: 1.45em\;"> <em><strong>DR. AMY S
 UEYOSHI</strong> is the associate dean of the College of  Ethnic Studies a
 t San Francisco State University. Dr. Sueyoshi is a  historian by training
 \, specializing in sexuality\, gender\, and race. She  has published and l
 ectured on a number of issues regarding race and  sexuality\, including cr
 oss-dressing\, pornography\, and marriage equality.</em>\n\n<p style="text
 -align: left\;"><span style="line-height: 1.45em\;"> Cost: Free with admis
 sion to the museum (non-members\, $5\; students and  seniors over age 65\,
  $3\; JAMsj members and children under 12\, free). \n<span style="line-hei
 ght: 1.45em\;">RSVP: Contact  <a style="line-height: 1.45em\;" href="mailt
 o:PublicPrograms@jamsj.org">PublicPrograms@jamsj.org</a> <span style="line
 -height: 1.45em\;"> or call (408) 294-3138 to reserve a spot.\n\n<p style=
 "text-align: left\;"><span style="line-height: 1.45em\;">\n\n<span style="
 line-height: 1.45em\;"> In celebration of LGBT History Month\, the <strong
 >San Jose JACL</strong> is  presenting a program immediately after ours.&n
 bsp\; At 3:00 p.m. at the San  Jose JACL (Issei Memorial Building\, 565 N.
  Fifth Street):&nbsp\; <strong>&ldquo\;Looking for Jiro Onuma: Queer Persp
 ectives on Wartime Incarceration&rdquo\;</strong> featuring Dr. Tina Takem
 oto\, explores the hidden dimensions of same-sex  intimacy and queer sexu&
 shy\;ality for Japanese Americans incarcerated  during WWII.&nbsp\; <em>Se
 ating is limited to 70. For more information call the  SJ JACL office at (
 408) 295-1250&nbsp\; or email Iris Lou at  inky1lou1452@yahoo.com.</em>\n\
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SUMMARY:Queer Compulsions: Race\, Nation\, and Sexuality in the Affairs of 
 Yone Noguchi\, 
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