A postmodern psychology of Asian Americans : creating knowledge of a racial minority / / Laura Uba

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910820616803321
• Autore: Uba Laura
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2002
• ISBN: 0-7914-8907-8; 0-585-46290-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (215 p.)
• Collana: SUNY series, alternatives in psychology
• Disciplina: 155.8/495073
• Soggetti: Asian Americans - Psychology; Asian Americans - Race identity; Postmodernism - United States - Psychological aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-190) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Modernist Epistemology -- Postmodernism -- Privileged Methodological Texts and Narratives -- Constructions of Race and Culture -- Acculturation and Assimilation -- Ethnicity and Identity -- Conclusion -- Traditional Types of Psychological Studies -- Deconstructing in the Classroom -- Notes -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Focusing on race, culture, acculturation, ethnicity, and ethnic identity—concepts commonly used to account for the behaviors of Asian Americans and other minorities—A Postmodern Psychology of Asian Americans examines the effects of modern psychology's epistemological and ontological premises on its investigative methods and concepts. Author Laura Uba looks at the social creation of psychological facts, including portrayals of ethnic and racial groups, and demonstrates, especially in ways pertinent to the study of minorities, that modern psychology needs to reconsider its ways of thinking about study samples, investigative methods, facts, and concepts used to describe and explain behaviors.