, to see if you have full access to this publication.
Monograph No access
Learning to Be Chinese American
Community, Education, and Ethnic Identity
Authors:
Publisher:
2010
Summary
Learning to Be Chinese American aims at exploring the complicated identity production process among Chinese immigrants in the United States in relation to the rapidly changing global and local contexts. Based on original ethnographic material collected in an upper-middle class Chinese American community, the author argues for the need to move beyond the framework of traditional nation-state boundaries in order to examine the identity production process of contemporary Chinese Americans. In doing so, we can better understand how this particular group, in response to changing economic and social conditions, actively takes part in the production of their unique ethnic identities through local institutions such as community-based organizations and ethnic education. This book expands the scope of existing literature on identity production among immigrants of color in both empirical and methodological terms.
Search publication
Bibliographic data
Edition
1/2010
Copyright Year
2010
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-3848-9
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-3850-2
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
141
Product Type
Monograph
Table of contents
ChapterPages
Table of Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Chapter 1: Chinese Americans: Communities, Education, and Identities No access Pages 1 - 26
Chapter 2: Rationales behind an Education: "That Box Doesn't Belong to You" No access Pages 27 - 46
Chapter 3: The Creation of a Diaspora Identity No access Pages 47 - 78
Chapter 4: The Limits of Ethnicity: Community-based Education as a Contesting Site No access Pages 79 - 114
Chapter 5: Learning to Be Chinese American in New Times: Community, Identity, and Globalization No access Pages 115 - 126
