| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 242 pages) |
| Contents |
Foreword; Acknowledgments; I: Introduction; 1 Theorizing Ethnic Identity through Comparison; II: Personal Interviews with Sixteen Members of an Earlier Cohort; 2 Authenticity Dilemma among Pre-1965 Native-Born Koreans; III: Three Essays by Members of the Earlier Cohort; 3 My Trek; 4 A Handicapped Korean in America; 5 Reflections on a Korean-American Journey; IV: Four Essays by Members of the Later Cohort; 6 Growing up Korean American; 7 How to be a Korean; 8 Too American to be Korean, Too Korean to be American; 9 The Way I See; V: Three Essays by Members of the Later Cohort |
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10 Miyeok guk for the Korean Soul11 Anyone Ever Tell You That You Look Like ...?; 12 Family Matters; VI: Three Essays by Members of the Later Cohort; 13 The Outlier; (Halmuhnee Ahn-Nyung?); 15 What it Means to be Korean; VII: The Editors' Comments on the Essays; 16 Major Findings about the Cohort Differences; References Cited and Additional References on Ethnic Identity; Index; About the Contributors |
| Summary |
Younger-Generation Korean Experiences in the United States: Personal Narratives on Ethnic and Racial Identities compares the formation of ethnic and racial identities in two generational cohorts of a contemporary immigrant group. Through personal essays, the book reveals how external factors helped younger-generation Korean Americans who grew up in the 1980s and early 1990s retain more of their cultural heritage than had preceding generations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-236) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Korean Americans -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
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Korean Americans -- Biography
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National characteristics, Korean.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Korean Americans.
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National characteristics, Korean.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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History.
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Sources.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Min, Pyong Gap, 1942-
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Chung, Thomas, 1976-
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| LC no. |
2021676005 |
| ISBN |
9780739191422 |
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073919142X |
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9780739191422 |
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