A Postmodern Psychology of Asian Americans: Creating Knowledge of a Racial Minority (Alternatives in Psychology) [Paperback]

Laura Uba (Author)

Book Description

Series: Alternatives in Psychology | Publication Date: May 17, 2002

Challenges existing paradigms of knowledge as they relate to Asian Americans.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Focusing on race, culture, acculturation, ethnicity, and ethnic identity-concepts commonly used to account for the behaviors of Asian Americans and other minorities, A Postmodern Psychology of Asian Americans examines the effects of modern psychology's epistemological and ontological premises on its investigative methods and concepts. Author Laura Uba looks at the social creation of psychological facts, including portrayals of ethnic and racial groups and demonstrates, especially in ways pertinent to the study of minorities, that modern psychology needs to reconsider its ways of thinking about study samples, investigative methods, facts, and concepts used to describe and explain behaviors. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Laura Uba is a lecturer at California State University, Northridge. She is the author of Asian Americans: Personality Patterns, Identity, and Mental Health and coauthor, with Karen Huang, of Psychology. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 214 pages
• Publisher: State University of New York Press (May 17, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0791452964
• ISBN-13: 978-0791452967
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #713,398 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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