| Description |
240 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Critical perspectives on Asian Pacific Americans series ; v. 4 |
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Critical perspectives on Asian Pacific Americans series ; v. 4.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-236). |
| Contents |
Introduction. About the book / Pyong Gap Min and Rose Kim -- Ethnicity: concepts, theories, and trends / Pyong Gap Min -- Ethnic culture: an identity in conflict. My trek / Rose Kim -- Reflections on a Korean American journey / Ruth Chung -- A handicapped Korean in America / Alex Jeong -- Building coalitions: a pan-Asian or non-white identity? How do you say your name? / Kavitha Mediratta -- Beyond the golden door / David Wang -- A girl called Hoai / Phuong Do -- Living in two worlds: a bicultural identity. Finding myself / Sayuri Mori-Quayle -- Multiple identities / Monica Jahan Bose -- An Indian boy in American clothes / Shay Sheth -- Blending in: weak attachments to the ethnic group. What being Filipino American means to someone called Fuji / Eriberto P. Lozada Jr. -- An (Asian American) actor's life / Joel de la Fuente -- My own "family" / Jean Hotta -- A new world: the first-generation experience. The balancing act / Lakshmi Malroutu -- Reaching the glass ceiling ... at home / Margaret Yah-Min Kan -- An unwilling refugee / Hoang Diem Hau -- Coming to terms: forming one's ethnic identity / Pyong Gap Min and Rose Kim. |
| Subject |
Asian Americans -- Ethnic identity.
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Asian Americans -- Biography.
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Professional employees -- United States -- Biography.
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United States -- Ethnic relations.
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| Added Author |
Min, Pyong Gap, 1942-
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Kim, Rose.
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| ISBN |
0761990666 cloth |
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0761990674 paperback |
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