Contemporary Asian America (third edition): A Multidisciplinary Reader / Edition 3

by Min Zhou, Anthony Christian Ocampo

Overview

The third edition of the foundational volume in Asian American studies

Who are Asian Americans? Moving beyond popular stereotypes of the “model minority” or “forever foreigner,” most Americans know surprisingly little of the nation’s fastest growing minority population. Since the 1960s, when different Asian immigrant groups came together under the “Asian American” umbrella, they have tirelessly carved out their presence in the labor market, education, politics, and pop culture. Many times, they have done so in the face of racism, discrimination, sexism, homophobia, and socioeconomic disadvantage. Today, contemporary Asian America has emerged as an incredibly diverse population, with each segment of the community facing its unique challenges.

When Contemporary Asian America was first published in 2000, it exposed its readers to the formation and development of Asian American studies as an academic field of study, from its inception as part of the ethnic consciousness movement of the 1960s to the systematic inquiry into more contemporary theoretical and practical issues facing Asian America at the century’s end. It was the first volume to integrate a broad range of interdisciplinary research and approaches from a social science perspective to assess the effects of immigration, community development, and socialization on Asian American communities. This updated third edition discusses the impact of September 11 on Asian American identity and citizenship; the continued influence of globalization on past and present waves of immigration; and the intersection of race, gender, sexuality, and class on the experiences of Asian immigrants and their children. The volume also provides study questions and recommended supplementary readings and documentary films. This critical text offers a broad overview of Asian American studies and the current state of Asian America.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781479826223
Publisher:	New York University Press
Publication date:	04/19/2016
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	688
Sales rank:	962,064
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.70(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

Min Zhou (Editor)
Min Zhou is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Department of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is co-author of The Asian American Achievement Paradox and editor of Contemporary Chinese Diasporas.

Anthony Christian Ocampo (Editor)
Anthony Christian Ocampo is Professor of Sociology at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He is the author of The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race and co-editor of Contemporary Asian America, 3rd edition. A Tin House and VONA/Voices of Our Nations Arts fellow, he has published essays in GQ, Catapult, Colorlines, Gravy, and the Chronicle of Higher Education, among others. His work has also been featured on NPR, NBC News, BuzzFeed, and in the Los Angeles Times. Raised in Northeast Los Angeles, he earned his BA and MA from Stanford University and his MA and PhD in sociology from UCLA. Say hi to him on Twitter: @anthonyocampo.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures xi

Preface to the Third Edition xiii

Preface to the Second Edition xvii

Preface to the First Edition xxiii

Introduction: Revisiting Contemporary Asian America Min Zhou Anthony C. Ocampo J. V. Gatewood 1

Part I Claiming Visibility: The Asian American Movement

1 "On Strike!" San Francisco State College Strike, 1968-1969: The Role of Asian American Students Karen Umemoto 25

2 The "Four Prisons" and the Movements of Liberation: Asian American Activism from the 1960s to the 1990s Glenn Omatsu 60

Study Questions 96

Suggested Readings 96

Films 97

Part II Traversing Borders: Contemporary Asian Immigration to the United States

3 Contemporary Asian America: Immigration, Demographic Transformation, and Ethnic Formation Min Zhou Anthony C. Ocampo J. V. Gatewood 101

4 The Waves of War: Refugees, Immigrants, and New Americans from Southeast Asia Carl L. Bankston III Danielle Antoinette Hidalgo 129

Study Questions 152

Suggested Readings 152

Films 153

Part III Ties That Bind: The Immigrant Family and the Ethnic Community

5 New Household Forms, Old Family Values: The Formation and Reproduction of the Filipino Transnational Family in Los Angeles Rhacel Salazar Parreñas 157

6 The Reorganization of Hmong American Families in Response to Poverty Yang Sao Xiong 175

7 Enclaves, Ethnoburbs, and New Patterns of Settlement among Asian Immigrants Wei Li Emily Shop Wan Yu 193

Study Questions 212

Suggested Readings 212

Films 213

Part IV Struggling to get Ahead: Economy and Work

8 Just Getting a fob Is Not Enough: How Indian Americans Navigate the Workplace Pawan Dhingra 217

9 Gender, Migration, and Work: Filipina Health Care Professionals to the United States Yen Le Espiritu 236

10 The Making and Transnationalization of an Ethnic Niche: Vietnamese Manicurists Susan Eckstein Thanh-Nghi Nguyen 257

Study Questions 286

Suggested Readings 286

Films 287

Part V Sexuality in Asian America

11 "Tomboys" and "Baklas": Experiences of Lesbian and Gay Filipino Americans Kevin L. Nadal Melissa J. H. Corpus 291

12 No Fats, Femmes, or Asians: The Utility of Critical Race Theory in Examining the Role of Gay Stock Stories in the Marginalization of Gay Asian Men C. Winter Han 312

Study Questions 329

Suggested Readings 329

Films 330

Part VI Race and Asian American Identity

13 Are Asians Black? The Asian American Civil Rights Agenda and the Contemporary Significance of the Paradigm Janine Young Kim 333

14 Are Second-Generation Filipinos "Becoming" Asian American or Latino? Historical Colonialism, Culture, and Panethnicity Anthony C. Ocampo 358

15 Are Asian Americans Becoming White? Min Zhou 378

Study Questions 385

Suggested Readings 386

Films 387

Part VII Intermarriages and Multiracial Ethnicity

16 Are We "Postracial"? Intermarriage, Multiracial Identification, and Changing Color Lines Jennifer Lee Frank D. Bean 391

17 Mapping Multiple Histories of Korean American Transnational Adoption Kim Park Nelson 404

Study Questions 428

Suggested Readings 428

Films 429

Part VIII Confronting Adversity: Racism, Stereotyping, and Exclusion

18 A Letter to My Sister and a Twenty-Five-Year Anniversary Lisa Park 433

19 "Racial Profiling" in the War on Terror: Cultural Citizenship and South Asian Muslim Youth in the United States Sunaina Maira 444

20 Racial Micro aggressions and the Asian American Experience Derald Wing Sue Jennifer Bucceri Annie I. Lin Kevin L. Nadal Gina C. Torino 464

Study Questions 485

Suggested Readings 485

Films 486

Part IX Behind The Model Minority

21 Jeremy Lin's Model Minority Problem Maxwell Leung 491

22 Continuing Significance of the Model Minority Myth: The Second Generation Lisa Sun-Hee Park 497

23 Racial Anxieties, Uncertainties, and Misinformation: A Complex Picture of Asian Americans and Selective College Admissions Oi Yan Poon Ester Sihite 508

Study Questions 526

Suggested Readings 526

Films 528

Part X Multiplicity and Interracial Politics

24 Heterogeneity, Hybridity, Multiplicity: Marking Asian American Differences Lisa Lowe 531

25 Critical Thoughts on Asian American Assimilation in the Whitening Literature Nadia Y. Kim 554

26 Beyond the Perpetual Foreigner and Model Minority Stereotypes: A Critical Examination of How Asian Americans Are Framed Jennifer Ng Toon Pak Xavier Hernandez 576

27 Race-Based Considerations and the Obama Vote: Evidence from the 2008 National Asian American Survey S. Karthick Ramakrishnan Janelle Wong Taeku Lee Jane Junn 600

Study Questions 623

Suggested Readings 623

Films 625

About the Contributors 627

Index 631

Editorial Reviews

"A thoughtfully assembled collection of readings that carefully brings together central themes in Asian American Studies. A great resource for those looking for a lively introduction to the field."

Nazli Kibria

"Brings together some of the most important scholarship in Asian American Studies. Contemporary Asian America is a superbly organized anthology, presenting topics ranging from immigration, family, and community to activism, identity, sexuality, race relations and transnationalism. The new research and updated materials on previously understudied Asian ethnic groups are most valuable. Anyone interested in the experiences of Asians in the United States will find much here that is illuminating. The breadth and depth of this volume makes it an excellent reader for undergraduate and graduate level courses in Asian American Studies."

Xiaojian Zhao

A thoughtfully assembled collection of readings that carefully brings together central themes in Asian American Studies. A great resource for those looking for a lively introduction to the field.”-Nazli Kibria,Boston University

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