Contemporary Asian America: A Multidisciplinary Reader - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0814796915 ISBN 13: 9780814796917

Publisher: New York University Press, 2000

Synopsis

This volume integrates a range of multi-disciplinary research on the ways in which the intersection of Asian immigration, community development, and socialization affect Asian-American communities. This title also examines immigration, economic, family, community and spiritual life amongst others.

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Review

"An outstanding collection of essays, representing some of the most insightful work being done in Asian American studies today. The wide range of topics covered and the quality of the selections make this an indispensable volume, both in terms of its substantive content and its theoretical sophistication." -Lane Ryo Hirabayashi, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies University of Colorado, Boulder "Presents a valuable collection of readings that address the complexities of contemporary Asian American communities. Bringing together a wide range of scholars who work in the areas of history, sociology, gender and sexuality studies, critical race theory, transnationalism, and cultural studies, Contemporary Asian America will serve as the standard reader in courses dealing with the issues confronting contemporary Asian America for years to come." -K. Scott Wong, co-editor of Claiming America: Constructing Chinese American Identities during the Exclusion Era "A highly useful collection of readings that trace the topography of contemporary Asian American studies and introduce the major themes and concerns in the field: social movement, immigration policy, racism and racialization, labor gender and sexuality, and cultural expression. In this ambitious reader, Zhou and Gatewood bring together the histories and contemporary issues facing Asian Americans of different ethnic heritages, generations, and social class backgrounds." -Elaine H. Kim, Professor of Asian American Studies, University of California, Berkeley "An impressive and comprehensive collection of theoretically grounded and historically rich accounts of the Asian American collective and specific experiences. Ideal for undegraduate and graduate courses in Asian American Studies." -Yen Le Espiritu, author of Asian American Women and Men: Labor, Laws, and Love

About the Author

Min Zhou is Tan Lark Sye Chair Professor of Sociology and Director of the Chinese Heritage Centre, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, as well as Professor of Sociology and Asian American Studies and Walter and Shirley Wang Endowed Chair in U.S.-China Relations and Communications, UCLA. She is the author of Contemporary Chinese America and co-author of The Asian American Achievement Paradox. J. V. Gatewood is a PhD candidate in American Civilization at Brown University.

Edition details

• Publisher: New York University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0814796915
• ISBN 13: 9780814796917
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Number of pages: 1
• Editor: Gatewood James V., Zhou Min