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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821737303321

Autore

Kibria Nazli

Titolo

Becoming Asian American : second-generation Chinese and Korean American identities / / Nazli Kibria

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002

ISBN

0-8018-7629-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Disciplina

305.8951073

Soggetti

Chinese Americans - Ethnic identity

Korean Americans - Ethnic identity

Chinese Americans - Social conditions

Korean Americans - Social conditions

Chinese Americans - Cultural assimilation

Korean Americans - Cultural assimilation

Children of immigrants - United States - Social conditions

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CHAPTER 1 Asian Americans and the Puzzle of New Immigrant Integration -- CHAPTER 2 Growing Up Chinese and American, Korean and American -- CHAPTER 3 The Everyday Consequences of Being Asian: Ethnic Options and Ethnic Binds -- CHAPTER 4 College and Asian American Identity -- CHAPTER 5 The Model Minority at Work -- CHAPTER 6 Ethnic Futures: Children and Intermarriage -- CHAPTER 7 Becoming Asian American -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

Sommario/riassunto

Kibria suggests further developments may resolve this situation--especially the emergence of a new kind of pan-Asian American identity that would complement the Chinese or Korean American identity rather than replace it.