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Author Tung, May Pao-may.

Title Chinese Americans and their immigrant parents : conflict, identity, and values / May Paomay Tung.

Publication Info. New York : Haworth Clinical Practice Press, [2000]
©2000

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.8951 T926C    Check Shelf
Description ix, 111 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography 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.
Subject Chinese Americans -- Ethnic identity.
Chinese Americans -- Psychology.
Chinese American families.
Immigrants -- Family relationships.
Parent and adult child -- United States.
ISBN 0789010550 alkaline paper
9780789010551 alkaline paper
0789010569 paperback alkaline paper
9780789010568 paperback alkaline paper
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