Younger-Generation Korean Experiences in the United States : Personal Narratives on Ethnic and Racial Identities.
Min, Pyong Gap.
Younger-Generation Korean Experiences in the United States : Personal Narratives on Ethnic and Racial Identities. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (256 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- I: Introduction -- 1 Theorizing Ethnic Identity through Comparison -- II: Personal Interviews with Sixteen Members of an Earlier Cohort -- 2 Authenticity Dilemma among Pre-1965 Native-Born Koreans -- III: Three Essays by Members of the Earlier Cohort -- 3 My Trek -- 4 A Handicapped Korean in America -- 5 Reflections on a Korean-American Journey -- IV: Four Essays by Members of the Later Cohort -- 6 Growing up Korean American -- 7 How to be a Korean -- 8 Too American to be Korean, Too Korean to be American -- 9 The Way I See -- V: Three Essays by Members of the Later Cohort -- 10 Miyeok guk for the Korean Soul -- 11 Anyone Ever Tell You That You Look Like . . . ? -- 12 Family Matters -- VI: Three Essays by Members of the Later Cohort -- 13 The Outlier -- 14 ? (Halmuhnee Ahn-Nyung?) -- 15 What it Means to be Korean -- VII: The Editors' Comments on the Essays -- 16 Major Findings about the Cohort Differences -- References Cited and Additional References on Ethnic Identity -- Index -- About the Contributors.
Younger-Generation Korean Experiences in the United States: Personal Narratives on Ethnic and Racial Identities compares the formation of ethnic and racial identities in two generational cohorts of a contemporary immigrant group. Through personal essays, the book reveals how external factors helped younger-generation Korean Americans who grew up in the 1980s and early 1990s retain more of their cultural heritage than had preceding generations.
9780739191422
Korean Americans--History--20th century--Sources.
Korean Americans--Biography.
National characteristics, Korean.
Electronic books.
E184.K6Y76 2014
973/.04957
Younger-Generation Korean Experiences in the United States : Personal Narratives on Ethnic and Racial Identities. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (256 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- I: Introduction -- 1 Theorizing Ethnic Identity through Comparison -- II: Personal Interviews with Sixteen Members of an Earlier Cohort -- 2 Authenticity Dilemma among Pre-1965 Native-Born Koreans -- III: Three Essays by Members of the Earlier Cohort -- 3 My Trek -- 4 A Handicapped Korean in America -- 5 Reflections on a Korean-American Journey -- IV: Four Essays by Members of the Later Cohort -- 6 Growing up Korean American -- 7 How to be a Korean -- 8 Too American to be Korean, Too Korean to be American -- 9 The Way I See -- V: Three Essays by Members of the Later Cohort -- 10 Miyeok guk for the Korean Soul -- 11 Anyone Ever Tell You That You Look Like . . . ? -- 12 Family Matters -- VI: Three Essays by Members of the Later Cohort -- 13 The Outlier -- 14 ? (Halmuhnee Ahn-Nyung?) -- 15 What it Means to be Korean -- VII: The Editors' Comments on the Essays -- 16 Major Findings about the Cohort Differences -- References Cited and Additional References on Ethnic Identity -- Index -- About the Contributors.
Younger-Generation Korean Experiences in the United States: Personal Narratives on Ethnic and Racial Identities compares the formation of ethnic and racial identities in two generational cohorts of a contemporary immigrant group. Through personal essays, the book reveals how external factors helped younger-generation Korean Americans who grew up in the 1980s and early 1990s retain more of their cultural heritage than had preceding generations.
9780739191422
Korean Americans--History--20th century--Sources.
Korean Americans--Biography.
National characteristics, Korean.
Electronic books.
E184.K6Y76 2014
973/.04957