The old paradigm of the melting pot and phrases like “ethnic diversity” can no longer describe the freedom with which more and more Americans are modifying and assimilating cultural elements across ethnic lines. Under the Dragon is a fascinating look at the way individuals are building their own identities from an increasingly diverse pool, whether they are African American Buddhists, Latino Muslims, or a group of Mien students who invented their own cultural dance in order to celebrate an ethnic “heritage”. For more information, please visit www.underthedragon.com.
Published in collaboration with the Oakland Museum of California
A 2008 Kiriyama Prize Notable Book
Fred Setterberg is the coauthor, with Lonny Shavelson, of Toxic Nation, 
Lonny Shavelson (left) is a writer, photojournalist, radio journalist, and physician whose articles and photographs have appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times, People, Mother Jones, Der Spiegel, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Baltimore Sun, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and others. Shavelson is the author of several books, his most recent being Hooked: Five Addicts Challenge Our Misguided Drug Rehab System.
