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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457440303321

Titolo

Asian American youth : culture, identity, and ethnicity / / edited by Jennifer Lee and Min Zhou

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-135-93977-2

1-280-09593-8

0-203-60436-9

0-203-49054-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (374 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LeeJennifer <1968->

ZhouMin <1956->

Disciplina

305.235/089/95073

Soggetti

Asian American youth - Social conditions

Asian American youth - Social life and customs

Asian Americans - Ethnic identity

Asian Americans - Race identity

Subculture - United States

Electronic books.

United States Ethnic relations

United States Race relations

United States Social life and customs 1971-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-339) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Making of Culture, Identity, and Ethnicity among Asian American Youth; Coming of Age at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century: A Demographic Profile of Asian American Youth; Intermarriage and Multiracial Identification: The Asian American Experience and Implications for Changing Color Lines; Rizal Day Queen Contests, Filipino Nationalism, and Femininity; Nisei Daughters' Courtship and Romance in Los Angeles before World War II; Hell's a Poppin': Asian American Women's Youth Consumer Culture

Shifting Ethnic Identity and Consciousness: U.S.-Born Chinese American



Youth in the 1930s and 1950sInstant Karma: The Commercialization of Asian Indian Culture; Transnational Cultural Practices of Chinese Immigrant Youth and Parachute Kids; Reinventing the Wheel: Import Car Racing in Southern California; "No Lattes Here": Asian American Youth and the Cyber Cafe Obsession; Filipinotown and the DJ Scene: Cultural Expression and Identity Affirmation o

Sommario/riassunto

This interdisciplinary volume covers such topics as Asian immigration, acculturation, assimilation, intermarriage, socialization, sexuality, and ethnic identification.