Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-106) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- 1. What is in a name? Culture and personal boundary -- What is in a Chinese name? -- Individual persons in Chinese context -- The Great Wall mentality : boundary as reflected in dwellings -- 2. The environment for Chinese-American self-identity -- The process of self-identification -- Chinese-American self-identity -- "E.T. phone home" : roots of the "self" -- 3. "You have a Chinese what?!" : internalized inferiority -- "Asianness as a liability" -- Self-presentation -- Yes, even in China -- 4. Emotions : coping style, allocation, and communication -- Worldviews and coping styles -- Allocation and communication of emotions -- Emotional awareness for Chinese Americans -- 5. Moving out from the shadow of the eclipse : integration -- In America -- In China -- 6. Ancestral ghosts meet Superman : a new cycle of Chinese immigrants.