Lee / Zhou Asian American Youth

Culture, Identity and Ethnicity
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-1-135-93977-9
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 374 Seiten

Asian American Youth covers topics such as Asian immigration, acculturation, assimilation, intermarriage, socialization, sexuality, and ethnic identification. The distinguished contributors show how Asian American youth have created an identity and space for themselves historically and in contemporary multicultural America.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lee, Jennifer

Zhou, Min

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Making of Culture, Identity, and Ethnicity among Asian American Youth, Min Zhou and Jennifer Lee
PART I: Population Dynamics and Diverse Contexts of Growing Up American
1. Coming of Age at the Turn of the Twnty-First Century: A Demographic Profile of Asian American Youth, Min Zhou
2. Intermarriage and Multiracial Identification: The Asian American Experience and Implications for Changing Color Lines, Jennifer Lee and Frank D. Bean
PART II: Historical Patterns of Cultural Practices among Asian American Youth
3. Rizal Day Queen Contests, Filipino Nationalism, and Femininity, Arleen de Vera
4. Nisei Daughters' Courtship and Romance in Los Angeles before World War II, Valerie J. Matsumoto
5. Hell's A Poppin': Asian American Women's Youth Consumer Culture, Shirley Jennifer Lim
6. Shifting Ethnic Identity and Consciousness: U.S.-born Chinese American Youth in the 1930s and 1950s, Gloria Heyung Chun
PART III: Emerging Youth Cultural Forms and Practices
7. Instant Karma: The Commercialization of Asian Indian Culture, Sabeen Sandhu
8. Transnational Cultural Practices of Chinese Immigrant Youth and Parachute Kids, Christy Chiang-Hom
9. Reinventing the Wheel: Import Car Racing in Southern California, Victoria Namkung
10. "No Lattés Here": Asian American Youth and the Cyber Café Obsession, Mary Yu Danico and Linda Trinh Võ
11. Filipinotown and the DJ Scene: Cultural Expression and Identity Affirmation of Filipino American Youth in Los Angeles, Lakandiwa M. de Leon
12. A Shortcut to the American Dream? Vietnamese Youth Gangs in Little Saigon, James Diego Vigil, Steve C. Yun, and Jesse Cheng
13. Lost in the Fray: Cambodian American Youth in Providence, Rhode Island, Sody Lay
PART IV: Negotiating and Affirming Identity, Space, and Choice
14. Made in the U.S.A.: Second-Generation Korean American Campus Evangelicals, Rebecca Y. Kim
15. Performing Race, Negotiating Identity: Asian American Professional Actors in Hollywood, Nancy Wang Yuen
16. Searching for Home: Voices of Gay Asian American Youth in West Hollywood, Mark Tristan Ng
17. Marriage Dilemmas: Partner Choices and Constraints for Korean Americans in New York City, Sara S. Lee
18. A Commentary on Young Asian American Activists from the 1960s to the Present, William Wei
Conclusion: Reflections, Thoughts, and Directions for Future Research, Jennifer Lee and Min Zhou

Über Autor(innen)

Jennifer Lee is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine. Min Zhou is Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Asian American Studies Interdepartment Degree Program and the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the award-winning author of several books, including Contemporary Asian America, Growing Up American and Chinatown.