Asian American Youth covers topics such as Asian immigration, acculturation, assimilation, intermarriage, socialization, sexuality, and ethnic identification. The distinguished contributors show how Asian American youth have created an identity and space for themselves historically and in contemporary multicultural America.
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The Asian American population of the United States has grown exponentially over the last couple of decades. Yet the state of scholarly and popular knowledge of the Asian American experience remains scandalously superficial--with facile old clichés still dominating the cultural imaginary. Drs. Jennifer Lee and Min Zhou do us all a great service by producing an interdisciplinary and comparative volume that is not only state-of-the-art social science but will push us to re-think basic ideas about the rich variety of experience and condition of a growing sector of the American mosaic.
–Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco, Steinhardt School of Education, New York University
This lively and multifaceted collection of essays reintroduces the sociology of youth into the field of race-and-ethnicity; it sheds light on ethnic practices and institutions that have remained invisible in the study of (adult) immigrants; informs us about how the children of East and Southeast Asian immigrants are becoming Asian Americans. Asian American Youth is also a good read about a very active bunch of young people.
–Herbert J. Gans, Columbia University
The editors of this collection start from the paradox of presence/absence--Asian American students are the fastest growing ethnic group across many college campuses, and yet popular characterizations of young Asian Americans are so often off the mark, rendering Asian American youth cultures invisible. This book is an answer back to the paradox--and provides readers with a fuller view of the main currents of Asian American youth issues, cultures, and dilemmas.
–Dana Y. Takagi, Co-Director, Center for Justice, Tolerance, and Community, University of California, Santa Cruz
–Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco, Steinhardt School of Education, New York University
This lively and multifaceted collection of essays reintroduces the sociology of youth into the field of race-and-ethnicity; it sheds light on ethnic practices and institutions that have remained invisible in the study of (adult) immigrants; informs us about how the children of East and Southeast Asian immigrants are becoming Asian Americans. Asian American Youth is also a good read about a very active bunch of young people.
–Herbert J. Gans, Columbia University
The editors of this collection start from the paradox of presence/absence--Asian American students are the fastest growing ethnic group across many college campuses, and yet popular characterizations of young Asian Americans are so often off the mark, rendering Asian American youth cultures invisible. This book is an answer back to the paradox--and provides readers with a fuller view of the main currents of Asian American youth issues, cultures, and dilemmas.
–Dana Y. Takagi, Co-Director, Center for Justice, Tolerance, and Community, University of California, Santa Cruz
About the Author
Jennifer Lee is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine. Min Zhou is Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Asian American Studies Interdepartment Degree Program and the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the award-winning author of several books, including Contemporary Asian America, Growing Up American and Chinatown.
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This review is from: Asian American Youth: Culture, Identity and Ethnicity (Paperback)
A.A.Y.C.I.E. is a compilation of reports from various Asian American Studies writers. If you are not familiar with AAS literature it is a good intro with a wide breadth of community samplings and general facts in part 1. The book itself is rather restrictive with the definition of "Youth". The "youth" it focus' on is high school students and college students, the book does not make room for studies of Jr. high students who participate in these activities. The book does its job, reporting on findings of youths within communities, but that's where it ends. There is a small chapter (The conclusion) where it looks at where AA youth are headed but that's it. This book is not groundbreaking and it suffers from the same shortcomings of most AAS literature as of late. No direction of where the community is headed, how to solve reoccurring problems of gambling and alcohol within our families and completely ignores the mixed or "Happa" community. A good read but don't expect too much.
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This review is from: Asian American Youth: Culture, Identity and Ethnicity (Paperback)
Not limiting research to just specific Asian national ethnicities or immigrant status, this collection does a superb job of spanning beyond specific timelines, nationalities, generation, socioeconomic demographics, and even sexual orientation. The book is well researched and reveals the unique and varied facets of Asian American Youth Culture...from suburban college campuses to immigrant enclaves and Hollywood's film district to West Hollywood's gay district.The editors begin with defining the terms "Asian American" and "youth culture". Their facts and figures are incredibly insightful on how these statistics begin affecting Asian Americans as time progresses. With this data as a premise, the book then breaks into individual studies that are arranged chronologically from past to present. Each chapter is a separate study and each author writes with individual research and expertise on their particular subject. The sheer variety of topics that all relate to young Asian Americans is attractive to anyone wanting to broaden an understanding of the new "model minority". I particularly enjoyed the more current topics that are becoming uniquely Asian American: DJ culture, import car culture, SouthEast Asian gangs, and college campus Christian clubs. I realize that this book was published in 2004 and more than half a decade has passed, but the core of each subject is still prominent to today's Asian Americans. Because of how dated this book is, I don't blame it for not have more recent topics like the construction of Asian American sororities/fraternities and other campus organizations or more in-depth view of uniquely Asian American tastes in music, fashion, art, and social/nightclub culture. I would find the work more complete if such studies were added chapters in a future edition. This book is recommended to anyone who wants to dive deeper into understanding the unique Asian American position of living between two different cultures, being "forever foreign", and having to carve out your own unique niches to create your own identity (versus finding one). If you are Asian American and want to know that you are not alone, this book may help. I will hand this book over to my younger siblings who are experiencing similar struggles.
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This volume centers on Asian American youth, focusing specifically on the way in which they create and practice a culture that is distinctively their own. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Asian American, United States, Los Angeles, New York, Korean American, Asian Indian, University of California, San Francisco, Chinese American, Filipino American, Japanese American, World War, Cambodian American, Orange County, West Hollywood, African American, Rizal Day, Southeast Asians, Rafu Shimpo, Chi Alpha Delta, Kashu Mainichi, Little Saigon, Essential Theatre, Free Press, Khmer Rouge New!
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This volume centers on Asian American youth, focusing specifically on the way in which they create and practice a culture that is distinctively their own. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Asian American, United States, Los Angeles, New York, Korean American, Asian Indian, University of California, San Francisco, Chinese American, Filipino American, Japanese American, World War, Cambodian American, Orange County, West Hollywood, African American, Rizal Day, Southeast Asians, Rafu Shimpo, Chi Alpha Delta, Kashu Mainichi, Little Saigon, Essential Theatre, Free Press, Khmer Rouge New!
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- Filipino Americans: Transformation and Identity by Maria P. P. Root on page 330, page 335, and page 336
- Resistance Through Rituals: Youth Subcultures in Post-War Britain by Stuart Hall on page 328, page 330, and page 334
- Over the Edge: Remapping the American West by Valerie J. Matsumoto on page 328, and page 335
- American Studies: Esssays in Honour of Marcus Cunliffe by John White on page 331, and page 339
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- Asian American Issues (Contemporary American Ethnic Issues) by Mary Yu Danico on 10 pages
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- Fast Cars, Cool Rides: The Accelerating World of Youth and Their Cars by Amy L. Best in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- A Feeling of Belonging: Asian American Women's Public Culture, 1930-1960 (American History and Culture) by Shirley Jennifer Lim in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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