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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464314803321

Titolo

Younger-generation Korean experiences in the United States : personal narratives on ethnic and racial identities / / edited by Pyong Gap Min and Thomas Chung

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-7391-9142-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MinPyong Gap <1942->

Disciplina

973/.04957

Soggetti

Korean Americans - History - 20th century

Korean Americans

National characteristics, Korean

Electronic books.

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; I: Introduction; 1 Theorizing Ethnic Identity through Comparison; II: Personal Interviews with Sixteen Members of an Earlier Cohort; 2 Authenticity Dilemma among Pre-1965 Native-Born Koreans; III: Three Essays by Members of the Earlier Cohort; 3 My Trek; 4 A Handicapped Korean in America; 5 Reflections on a Korean-American Journey; IV: Four Essays by Members of the Later Cohort; 6 Growing up Korean American; 7 How to be a Korean; 8 Too American to be Korean, Too Korean to be American; 9 The Way I See; V: Three Essays by Members of the Later Cohort

Sommario/riassunto

Younger-Generation Korean Experiences in the United States: Personal Narratives on Ethnic and Racial Identities compares the formation of ethnic and racial identities in two generational cohorts of a contemporary immigrant group. Through personal essays, the book reveals how external factors helped younger-generation Korean Americans who grew up in the 1980s and early 1990s retain more of their cultural heritage than had preceding generations.