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Asian American Issues
Book Code: GR1965
ISBN: 0-313-31965-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31965-5
216 pages, photos
Greenwood Press
Publication: 11/30/2004
List Price: $49.95 (UK Sterling Price: £27.95)
Discount Price: $34.97 Greenwood Press Fall 2008 Backlist Sale. Use code 0826. Save 30%. Ends 12/31/2008.
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • This volume is excellent for student report research and encourages open discussions in the classroom guided by a teacher. It contains an objective presentation with viewpoints from a variety of sources; selected works at the end of each chapter preceded by questions specific to the chapter; original essays; a resource guide that includes suggested reading, films, and videos (documentaries, feature films, and short films); web sites; organizations; and an in-depth index.
    —Multicultural Review
    Summer 2005
  • Academic but accessible to students, teachers, and general readers alike.
    —Reference & Research Book News
    February 2005
Description: Many Asian Americans have made great strides in achieving the "American Dream." However, the diverse population faces great challenges from outside their communities as well as from within. Asian American Issues brings to the fore 8 major issues affecting the Asian American population today, including media stereotypes of a model minority, transnationalism, panethnicity, intergenerational conflict, and cultural expression. Students will find that the background narrative and questions for debate and discussion are a meaningful way to engage in the current events of this growing ethnic group. The history of Asian immigrants in the United States spans more than 200 years. Today, they are the third largest minority group. Almost half live in the West but there are population shifts to other regions of the country. As they become more visible, community dynamics continue to evolve. Each generation also struggles with what it means to be Asian American.
Table of Contents:
  • Series Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Asian American Studies Programs
  • Asian Americans: A Model Minority?
  • Sojourners or Settlers?
  • Asian American Literature: A Mirror of Community Concerns?
  • Asian Diaspora/Transnationalism
  • Asian Pacific and Asian American Panethnicity
  • Asian American Stereotypes
  • Generational Differences
  • Index
LC Card Number: 2004016133
LCC Class: E184
Dewey Class: 305
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