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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809465903321

Titolo

Asian America : forming new communities, expanding boundaries / / edited by Huping Ling

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Brunswick, NJ, : Rutgers University Press, c2009

ISBN

0-8135-4867-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LingHuping <1956->

Disciplina

973/.0495

Soggetti

Asian Americans - History

Asian Americans - Social conditions

Asian Americans - Cultural assimilation - United States

Asian Americans - Societies, etc

Asian American neighborhoods - History

Community life - United States - History

United States Ethnic relations

United States Social conditions

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

Intra-group diversity : Asian American population dynamics and challenges of the 21st century / Min Zhou -- Ethnic solidarity, networks rebound and transnational culture : post-1965 Chinese American family / Haiming Liu -- Beyond a common ethnicity and culture : conflict and compromises in Chicagoland's Chinese American communities since 1945 / Ling Z. Arenson -- Transforming an ethnic community : Little Saigon, Orange County / Linda Trinh Vo -- Building a community center : Filipinas/os in San Francisco's Excelsior neighborhood / Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales -- Cultural community : a new model for Asian American community / Huping Ling -- Chinese week : building Chinese American community through festivity in metropolitan Phoenix / Wei Zeng and Wei Li -- Virtual community, transnational connection, and the changing cultural imaginary of Chinese Americans / Yuan Shu -- Ethnic solidarity in a divided community : a study on bridging organizations in Koreatown / Angie Y. Chung -- The social construction of Chinese in Canada / Peter S. Li --



Recent mainland Chinese immigrants in Canada : trends and obstacles / Li Zong.

Sommario/riassunto

The last half century witnessed a dramatic change in the geographic,  ethnographic, and socioeconomic structure of Asian American communities.  While traditional enclaves were strengthened by waves of recent  immigrants, native-born Asian Americans also created new urban and  suburban areas. Asian America is the first comprehensive look at  post-1960s Asian American communities in the United States and Canada.  Contributors from an array of academic fields focus on global views of  Asian American communities as well as on territorial and cultural  boundaries.