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Younger-Generation Korean Experiences in the United States
Personal Narratives on Ethnic and Racial Identities
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2014
Summary
Younger-Generation Korean Experiences in the United States: Personal Narratives on Ethnic and Racial Identities compares the formation of the ethnic identities of two distinct cohorts of Korean Americans. Through personal essays, the book explores four influential factors of ethnic identity: retention of ethnic culture; participation in ethnic social networks; links to the mother country and its global power and influence; and experiences with racial prejudice and discrimination. The essays reflect certain major changes between the two cohorts—the first growing up in the 1960s and early 1970s and the second growing up during the 1980s and early 1990s— and proves how an increase in the Korean population and in the number of ethnic organizations helped the second-cohort Korean Americans retain their cultural heritage in a more voluntary, and therefore meaningful, way. This book’s combination of first-hand experiences and critical analysis makes it a valuable resource for studies of ethnicity, culture, identity formation, and the Asian-American experience.
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Copyright year
2014
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-9141-5
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-9142-2
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
242
Product type
Edited Book
Table of contents
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Contents No access
Foreword No access
Acknowledgments No access
1 Theorizing Ethnic Identity through Comparison No access
2 Authenticity Dilemma among Pre-1965 Native-Born Koreans No access
3 My Trek No access
4 A Handicapped Korean in America No access
5 Reflections on a Korean-American Journey No access
6 Growing up Korean American No access
7 How to be a Korean No access
8 Too American to be Korean, Too Korean to be American No access
9 The Way I See No access
10 Miyeok guk for the Korean Soul No access
11 Anyone Ever Tell You That You Look Like . . . ? No access
12 Family Matters No access
13 The Outlier No access
14 할머니 안녕? (Halmuhnee Ahn-Nyung?) No access
15 What it Means to be Korean No access
16 Major Findings about the Cohort Differences No access
References Cited and Additional References on Ethnic Identity No access Pages 229 - 236
