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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910811888603321
• 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
• 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.