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Overview
In a series of essays based on orginal ethnographic research, Pyong Gap Min and his contributors provide comprehensive coverage of identity issues for second generation ethnic Asians. Among the immigrant groups examined are Americans of Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, Indian, and Vietnamese descent. From a structural perspective, and challenging the assimilationist model in a strongly racialized American society, the authors investigate many of the key issues facing contemporary ethnic Asians: culture and language retention, ethnic attachment, transnational ties, pan-Asian coalitions and friendships, social and geographic mobility, racial domination and racial awareness, life cycle changes, immigrant women's sexuality and gender traditionalism, deviant behavior, and educational and occupational achievement. This book will be a valuable resource in courses on Asian American society, ethnicity and culture, ethnographic studies, and sociology of race and ethnic minorities.Author Biography: Pyong Gap Min teaches in the Department of Sociology, Queens College, New York.
Synopsis
Min provides a critical overview of Asian American identity issues among second generation ethnic Asians. From the social constructionist perspective, the book is an anthology of empirical studies of Asian Americans' ethnic or pan-ethnic identities, examining ethnic attachments among second-generation Filipino, Vietnamese, Indian, Korean Americans, Chinese and Japanese Americans.
Booknews
Eight contributions from Min (sociology, Queens College, NY) and other Asian-American academics discuss identity issues for second generation ethnic Asians from Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, Indian, and Vietnamese descent. These empirical studies examine such topics as Filipino American youth gangs in Los Angeles, ethnic and racial identities of Asian Americans in college, and ethnic attachment among third- and fourth- generation Chinese and Japanese Americans. Seven of the essays were previously published in various journals. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)