Second-generation Korean Americans [[electronic resource] ] : the struggle for full inclusion / / Dae Young Kim
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| Autore: |
Kim Dae Young <1968->
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| Titolo: |
Second-generation Korean Americans [[electronic resource] ] : the struggle for full inclusion / / Dae Young Kim
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| Pubblicazione: | El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (229 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973/.04957 |
| Soggetto topico: | Korean Americans |
| Children of immigrants - United States | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: ""Harvard, Harvard, Harvard!"": The Pursuit of Elite High Schools and Colleges; Chapter Three: ""Not a Deli. That's Too Hard."": From Korean Immigrant Small Businesses to Professional Occupations; Chapter Four: ""They Know Only Three Careers-Medicine, Law, and Engineering."": Second-Generation Job Search and Work Experience; Chapter Five: ""You Drive Anywhere West of Pennsylvania ... and People Stare."": Racial Othering and Its Impact on Second-Generation Identities |
| Chapter Six: ""He Just Avoids Korean Americns Like the Plague."": Second-Generation Responses to Racialization Chapter Seven: ""Politicians, It's All Talk and No Action."": The Struggle for Political Integration; Chapter Eight: Conclusion: The Making of Ethnic and Pan-ethnic Identities; Appendix A: Binary logistic regression - education; Appendix B: Korean American self-employment and occupation; Appendix C: Binary logistic regression - politics; References; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Kim argues that educational and occupational success for groups in the racial middle such as Korean and Asian Americans does not necessarily translate into further integration in other sectors of American society. Educational and professional accomplishments, while accelerating integration and acceptance, can be accompanied by exclusion in other sectors of society. Thus, Korean and Asian Americans may experience rapid intergenerational upward mobility and integration, but still be subject racialization and exclusion. This challenges the assimilation paradigm that immigrants and their children |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Second-generation Korean Americans |
| ISBN: | 1-59332-719-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910463193703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)