Becoming Asian American: Second-Generation Chinese and Korean American Identities

by Nazli Kibria

Book Overview

In Becoming Asian American, Nazli Kibria draws upon extensive interviews she conducted with second-generation Chinese and Korean Americans in Boston and Los Angeles who came of age during the 1980s and 1990s to explore the dynamics of race, identity, and adaptation within these communities. Moving beyond the frameworks created to study other racial minorities and ethnic whites, she examines the various strategies used by members of this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080187744X
• ISBN13: 9780801877445
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher