Balancing Two Worlds Asian American College Students Tell Their Life Stories

Name: Balancing Two Worlds Asian American College Students Tell Their Life Stories
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ISBN: 9780801473845

ISBN-10: 0801473845

ISBN-13: 9780801473845

Edition: 2007

Authors: Andrew Garrod, Robert Kilkenny, Vernon Takeshita, Russell C. Leong

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"Those who find themselves living in the Americas, no matter what their ethnic, educational, or economic background, must ultimately 'become their own personalities,' melding their point of view with their points of origin and their places of settlement.

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 3/8/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.452
Language: English



Preface


Introduction: Asian Americans: "Now Becoming Aware of Their Own Personality"



Generating New Identities


Sticks and Salt



Distilling My Korean American Identity



Turning against Myself



Challenging the "Model Minority" Label


Receding Past, Advancing Future



Balancing on the Hyphen



Korea Is My Heart and Soul, America Is My Mind and Spirit



Origins and Ethnicities


In Search of a Sangam



A Muslim Citizen of the Democratic West



American Pie



My Permanent Home



What Are You?


A Little Plot of No-Man's-Land



Multihued



Emerging Diversities


No Such Thing...



Farewell My Tung-Tew



Afterword: Revolution and Revelations: The Personal Journey and the Definition of Community



About the Editors, the Introduction Author, and the Afterword Author