Struggle for Ethnic Identity Narratives by Asian American Professionals

by Min, Pyong Gap; Kim, Rose

• ISBN13: 9780761990673
• ISBN10: 0761990674
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-20
• Publisher: AltaMira Press

Summary

Essays discuss cultural conflicts, identifying with all-Asian American or larger groups, biculturalism, weakening ties to the ancestral culture, and other responses

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	7	(2)
Part One: Introduction	9	(38)
About the Book	11	(5)
Pyong Gap Min
Rose Kim
Ethnicity: Concepts, Theories, and Trends	16	(31)
Pyong Gap Min
Part Two: Ethnic Culture: An Identity in Conflict	47	(28)
My Trek	49	(10)
Rose Kim
Reflections on a Korean American Journey	59	(10)
Ruth Chung
A Handicapped Korean in America	69	(6)
Alex Jeong
Part Three: Building Coalitions: A Pan-Asian or Non-White Identity?	75	(36)
How Do You Say Your Name?	77	(10)
Kavitha Mediratta
Beyond the Golden Door	87	(14)
David Wang
A Girl Called Hoai	101	(10)
Phuong Do
Part Four: Living in Two Worlds: A Bicultural Identity	111	(30)
Finding Myself	113	(7)
Sayuri Mori-Quayle
Multiple Identities	120	(10)
Monica Jahan Bose
An Indian Boy in American Clothes	130	(11)
Shay Sheth
Part Five: Blending In: Weak Attachments to the Ethnic Group	141	(38)
What Being Filipino American Means to Someone Called Fuji	143	(13)
Eriberto P. Lozada Jr.
An (Asian American) Actor's Life	156	(12)
Joel de la Fuente
My Own ``Family''	168	(11)
Jean Hotta
Part Six: A New World: The First-Generation Experience	179	(30)
The Balancing Act	181	(10)
Lakshmi Malroutu
Reaching the Glass Ceiling . . . at Home	191	(8)
Margaret Yah-Min Kan
An Unwilling Refugee	199	(10)
Hoang Diem Hau
Part Seven: Coming to Terms: Forming One's Ethnic Identity	209	(18)
Pyong Gap Min
Rose Kim
Selected Bibliography	227	(10)
About the Editors	237	(1)
About the Contributors	238