Forever Foreigners or Honorary Whites?

The Asian Ethnic Experience Today

von Mia Tuan

216 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

What does it mean to be an Asian-American in the United States today? Are Asian-Americans considered "honorary whites" or forever thought of as "foreigners?" Mia Tuan examines the salience and meaning of ethnicity for later generation Chinese- and Japanese-Americans, and asks how their concepts of ethnicity differ from that of white ethnic Americans. She interviewed 95 middle-class Chinese and Japanese Californians and analyzes the importance of ethnic identities and the concept of becoming a "real" American for both Asian and white ethnics. She asks her subjects about their early memories and experiences with Chinese/Japanese culture; current lifestyle and emerging cultural practices; experiences with racism and discrimination; and  attitudes toward current Asian immigration.

• ISBN: 9780813526249
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.03.1999
• Größe: 216 x 144 mm
• Verlag: Rutgers University Press