Dynamics of Ethnic Identity: Three Asian American Communities in Philadelphia

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This comparative study of the Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese American communities in Philadelphia shows that each Asian American community maintains its own internal cultural boundaries, which are used to cultivate differences that become institutionalized over time. Socially constructed boundaries, such as ethnicity, gender, class and generation, intersect within and among ethnic groups. Based on a social anthropological framework, this study describes the mechanism of ethnic and class identity formations, and ...
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Overview

This comparative study of the Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese American communities in Philadelphia shows that each Asian American community maintains its own internal cultural boundaries, which are used to cultivate differences that become institutionalized over time. Socially constructed boundaries, such as ethnicity, gender, class and generation, intersect within and among ethnic groups. Based on a social anthropological framework, this study describes the mechanism of ethnic and class identity formations, and shows how identities are institutionalized through various organizations. By unraveling the complexity of Asian American communities and their boundary strategies, this study provides a look at the new political processes which Asian Americans are creating in a variety of social settings. Also includes maps.
(Ph.D. dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, 1994; revised with new preface, introduction)
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  • ISBN-13: 9780815331186
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • Publication date: 9/1/1998
  • Series: Studies in Asian Americans Series
  • Edition description: REVISED
  • Pages: 224
  • Product dimensions: 5.50 (w) x 8.50 (h) x 0.63 (d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Tables
1 Introduction 3
Pt. I Three Asian American Communities
2 Ethnicity: Basic Constructions 11
3 The Process of Research 25
4 Historical Aspects of Asian Americans 33
5 The New Asian American Communities 45
Pt. II The Dynamics of Identity
6 Capturing Ethnicity 75
7 Boundary Maintenance and Reproducing Culture 113
8 Ideology and Ethnicity 157
Pt. III Reassessing Asian American Identity
9 Conclusion 175
App. I 181
App. II 187
References 193
Index 201
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