Asian American Youth: Culture, Identity and Ethnicity

✍ Scribed by Jennifer Lee

• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 374
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Introduction: The Making of Culture, Identity, and Ethnicity among Asian American Youth......Page 16
Coming of Age at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century: A Demographic Profile of Asian American Youth......Page 48
Intermarriage and Multiracial Identification: The Asian American Experience and Implications for Changing Color Lines......Page 66
Rizal Day Queen Contests, Filipino Nationalism, and Femininity......Page 82
Nisei Daughters' Courtship and Romance in Los Angeles before World War II......Page 98
Hell's a Poppin': Asian American Women's Youth Consumer Culture......Page 116
Shifting Ethnic Identity and Consciousness: U.S.-Born Chinese American Youth in the 1930s and 1950s......Page 128
Instant Karma: The Commercialization of Asian Indian Culture......Page 146
Transnational Cultural Practices of Chinese Immigrant Youth and Parachute Kids......Page 158
Reinventing the Wheel: Import Car Racing in Southern California......Page 174
"No Lattes Here": Asian American Youth and the Cyber Cafe Obsession......Page 192
Filipinotown and the DJ Scene: Cultural Expression and Identity Affirmation of Filipino American Youth in Los Angeles......Page 206
A Shortcut to the American Dream? Vietnamese Youth Gangs in Little Saigon......Page 222
Lost in the Fray: Cambodian American Youth in Providence, Rhode Island......Page 236
Made in the U.S.A.: Second-Generation Korean American Campus Evangelicals......Page 250
Performing Race, Negotiating Identity: Asian American Professional Actors in Hollywood......Page 266
Searching for Home: Voices of Gay Asian American Youth in West Hollywood......Page 284
Marriage Dilemmas: Partner Choices and Constraints for Korean Americans in New York City......Page 300
A Commentary on Young Asian American Activists from the 1960s to the Present......Page 314
Conclusion: Reflections, Thoughts, and Directions for Future Reseach......Page 328
Bibliography......Page 340
Contributors......Page 356
Index......Page 362