Asian America
Forming New Communities, Expanding Boundaries
Published on 29. April 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-8135-4487-8 (ISBN)
Description
The last half century witnessed a dramatic change in the geographic, ethnographic, and socioeconomic structure of Asian American communities. While traditional enclaves were strengthened by waves of recent immigrants, native-born Asian Americans also created new urban and suburban areas.Asian America is the first comprehensive look at post-1960s Asian American communities in the United States and Canada. From Chinese Americans in Chicagoland to Vietnamese Americans in Orange County, this multi-disciplinary collection spans a wide comparative and panoramic scope. Contributors from an array of academic fields focus on global views of Asian American communities as well as on territorial and cultural boundaries.
Presenting groundbreaking perspectives, Asian America revises worn assumptions and examines current challenges Asian American communities face in the twenty-first century.
Presenting groundbreaking perspectives, Asian America revises worn assumptions and examines current challenges Asian American communities face in the twenty-first century.
Reviews / Votes
This volume of solid scholarship presents fresh and original researchfindings highlighting new phenomena in Asian American communities. - Shehong Chen (University of Massachusetts, Lowell)More details
Edition
None edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New Brunswick NJ
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
2
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
476 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8135-4487-8 (9780813544878)
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Persons
Huping Ling is a professor of history at Truman State University. She is the executive editor of the Journal of Asian American Studies and an award-winning author and editor of ten books, including Emerging Voices (Rutgers University Press), Voices of the Heart, Chinese St. Louis, and Surviving on the Gold Mountain.
Content
acknowledgements
introduction: reconceptualizing asian american communities
part one global views of asian american communities
1 intragroup diversity: asiam american population dynamics and challenges of the twenty-first century
2 ethnic solidarity, rebounding networks, and transnational culture: the post-1965 chinese american family
part two asian communities in america: with georgraphical boundaries
3 beyond a common ethnicity and culture: chicagoland's chinese american communities in 1945
4 transforming an ethnic community: little saigon, organe county
5 building a community center: filipinas/os in san francisco's excelsior nrighborhood
part three asian communities in america: with cultural/social boundaries
6 cultural community: a new model for asian american community
7 chinese week: building chinese american community through festivity in metropolitan phoenix
8 virtual community and the cultural imaginary of chinese americans
9 ethnic solidarity in a divided community: a study on bridging organizations in koreatown
part four asian commmunities in canada
10 the social construction of chinese in canada
11 recent mainland chinese immigrants in canada: trends and obstacles
selected bibliography
notes on contributors
index
introduction: reconceptualizing asian american communities
part one global views of asian american communities
1 intragroup diversity: asiam american population dynamics and challenges of the twenty-first century
2 ethnic solidarity, rebounding networks, and transnational culture: the post-1965 chinese american family
part two asian communities in america: with georgraphical boundaries
3 beyond a common ethnicity and culture: chicagoland's chinese american communities in 1945
4 transforming an ethnic community: little saigon, organe county
5 building a community center: filipinas/os in san francisco's excelsior nrighborhood
part three asian communities in america: with cultural/social boundaries
6 cultural community: a new model for asian american community
7 chinese week: building chinese american community through festivity in metropolitan phoenix
8 virtual community and the cultural imaginary of chinese americans
9 ethnic solidarity in a divided community: a study on bridging organizations in koreatown
part four asian commmunities in canada
10 the social construction of chinese in canada
11 recent mainland chinese immigrants in canada: trends and obstacles
selected bibliography
notes on contributors
index