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Excellent introduction to this subject
I agree with the previous reviewer and hope that the publisher is taking note.I have used this text in class and want to continue using it, but I am constrained by the fact that the bookstore on my campus cannot find copies to order.I hope the publisher will re-issue soon.The only complaint I have is that I would like to see more complete stories rather than excerpts or at least longer excerpts.However, the selections are nearly all excellent and there is a breadth of readings as well.

Asian American Literatureby Shirley Lim
As textbooks are being written for the academic world, this book could serve as a guideline for future books written in this area of study. A composite of short stories and poetry representing work from a people who have a unique perspective on immigration and what it takes to endure the hardships they have encountered. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in literature or philosophy. It is unfortunate that it has gone out of print. This is more of an injustice to the academic world, to prevent a book of this caliber from the minds of future students. It was all our entire class could do just to get enough copies for us to read. ... Read more

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Fantastic Resource
This exhaustive reference contains dozens of easy, fun projects for kids, interspersed with fascinating nuggets of historical information. Great for teachers, as well as the children in your life - Asian or not. You'll want to incorporate some of these fun activities and traditions into your family holiday celebrations. ... Read more

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An essential resource for mental health practitioners, this clinically oriented handbook illuminates the relationship between cultural and interpersonal issues in therapeutic work with Asian American clients. Drawing on both research and clinical practice, contributing authors describe the normative family dynamics and practices of a range of Asian American groups, address important developmental and life cycle issues, offer guidelines for understanding and treating specific disorders, and discuss the use of different therapeutic modalities within this diverse population. Special topics covered include language barriers in treatment, Asian Americans and PTSD, lesbian/gay and women's concerns, domestic violence, religion and spirituality, and intermarriage.
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Excellent resource!
Great resource tool for any mental health clinician looking to improve their cultural competency skills with Asian/Pacific Islanders.

Necessary text, mediocre results
This is an anthology written predominantly by Asian-American psychotherapists for their peers of all races.In this book, they attempt to elucidate how Asian and Asian-American clients may be different from others and how to serve them most effectively.The topics are divided into descriptions of specific ethnicities, Asians in different phases of the life cycle, and special Asian populations (refugees, the monolingual, gay Asians, etc.).This book is neither too academic for lay readers or too plain for academic readers.This book varies on its authors' views about whether Asian clients should be given same-ethnicity therapists.The chapters are quite short.My big problem is that the chapters in total repeat themselves often and verge into the stereotypical.After reading a chunk of the book, you'd think all Asians were shy, academic, family- and community-cloistered, etc.I would recommend that all therapists in Boston, Hawaii, and the West Coast get this text.Still, it left me unfulfilled in some areas. ... Read more

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Asian Americans are the fastest growing minority group in the United States. When Asian immigrants arrive in the United States, they regularly encounter a vast number of difficulties integrating themselves into their new culture. In Handbook of Mental Health and Acculturation in Asian American Families, distinguished researchers and clinicians discuss the process of acculturation for individuals and their families, addressing the mental health needs of Asian Americans and thoroughly examining the acculturative process, its common stressors, and characteristics associated with resiliency. This first-of-its-kind, multi-dimensional title synthesizes current acculturation research, while presenting those concepts within a clinical framework. In addition to providing an in-depth look at both past and present research and offering directions for future topics to explore, the book also offers a range of practical tools such as research scales to measure levels of acculturation, interview techniques, and clinical approaches for special populations including children, the elderly, and their families. Thought-provoking and informative, Handbook of Mental Health and Acculturation in Asian American Families will enhance the understanding of the clinical and sociocultural problems Asian Americans face, providing clinicians with all the necessary insights to better care for their patients.

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A wonderful resource for clinicians working with Asian Americans
Although cultural assessment and formulation is the very necessary foundation for the creation of a narrative for our patients, building further awareness of how the patient experiences his or her own world may include a discussion about certain aspects of acculturative change, such as ethnic/racial identity, immigration, acculturation stress, and intergenerational conflict.
The process of acculturation has a direct influence on Asian American mental health.In this ground-breaking volume, Trinh and colleagues explore in-depth some of the current research in acculturation, as well as how to incorporate these concepts in our clinical work.This volume may be used as a reference, and each chapter provides a brief outline of what is to be discussed.The first section describes past and current research on acculturation, while the second section presents clinical concepts, dilemmas, and recommendations.Several seminal studies and clinical themes are revisited throughout, as each chapter builds upon the last. Read straight through, this book provides the reader with the historical context of acculturation research and the importance of acculturation in clinical practice with Asian Americans.Read by chapter, the book provides the reader with information on specific topics of interest.
Although difficult to generalize the Asian American experience, given the tremendous diversity in this population, what Trinh and colleagues convey through these chapters is a conceptual framework to guide researchers and clinicians and a deepened understanding of acculturation in Asian Americans. Recognizing common themes that are relevant to the Asian experience is valuable, and these concepts may be incorporated into all clinical work, be it an initial clinical evaluation, ongoing therapy, consultation, or medication management.Each author highlights some common issues as well as contributes further thoughts and observations specific to certain populations; some have included original hypotheses and research. And many will consider further the challenges regarding psychiatric research and clinical practice for Asian American mental health.
Resiliency and strength-based assessment is referred to throughout this volume.The ability to stand strong and healthy in the face of obstacles and misfortunes is something that we tend to overlook in our clinical worlds.There is a value in recognizing the particular strengths present in the Asian American population and its individuals especially given the stigma and shame that is associated with seeking help.Much still needs to be done with regards to formal research on resiliency in Asian populations, but many of the authors do provide suggestions and cite literature that will help guide clinicians and researchers alike to think about how to incorporate more strength-focused work into their work on acculturation in immigrant populations.
This volume is a significant contribution to the increasingly sophisticated discussion of how best to care for our patients and their families and provide a "next step" to the never-ending journey towards clinical and research excellence.


Albert Yeung, M.D., ScD
Director of Primary Care Research at the
Depression Clinical and Research Program,
Massachusetts General Hospital


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Using a wide arrangement of visual tools, this atlas offers a detailed overview of the experiences and important events surrounding Americans of Asian descent. Long neglected in general studies, Asian-American history resources have been scarce. Featuring detailed maps and authoritative text, this book tells the story of not one group of people but many.Photographs, line graphs, charts, chronologies, box features, and maps help explore the cultural, historical, political, and social history of Asian Americans. Coverage also profiles key events and issues in their homelands, especially those factors that influenced their movement to the United States. ... Read more

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Introduce Your Students to a Rich Literary Heritage

Glencoe's new collection of ethnic anthologies gives students access to a wealth of literature written by some of the best classic authors and the finest contemporary voices. Each anthology, organized thematically into five relevant themes, combines literature and art as powerful expressions of the group's cultural story. Asian American Literature features the work of noted authors from Amy Tan to Maxine Hong Kingston and many more! ... Read more

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In Race and Resistance: Literature and Politics in Asian America, Viet Nguyen argues that Asian American intellectuals have idealized Asian America, ignoring its saturation with capitalist practices. This idealization of Asian America means that Asian American intellectuals can neither grapple with their culture's ideological diversity nor recognize their own involvement with capitalist practices such as the selling of racial identity. Making his case through the example of literature, which remains a critical arena of cultural production for Asian Americans, Nguyen demonstrates that literature embodies the complexities, conflicts, and potential future options of Asian American culture. ... Read more

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Excellent Book; Ignore the First Review
The first reviewer has not only missed the point; he or she is naive and has almost certainly not read the book. By building on and critiquing the works of his predecessors such as Elaine Kim, Cynthia Wong, Rachel Lee, and Lisa Lowe, Viet Thanh Nguyen offers the most cogent and viable view of Asian American literature that I've read to date. What he critiques is precisely how Asian American intellectuals over-rely on racial identity for self-definition, and how this leads to the canonization of only those Asian American texts that offer "resistance" to the dominant culture. He argues for the reclamation of Asian American texts that employ other "flexible strategies" besides resistance, such as accommodation and assimilation. By the end, he suggests that Asian Americans might even come to be considered white or at least aligned with whiteness in America, which suggests the elasticity of racial categories. This book is far, far from racist. In fact, ideologically, it is the most even-handed of the well-known works of Asian American literary criticism. If you have any interest in Asian American Studies or how to negotiate Asian American identity, you should read this book. And I say this as a Ph.D. student in English, not as someone who has any personal connection to the author. Quite frankly, I resent reviews like the first; they are acts of ignorance and sabotage.

The first reviewer has completely missed the point
Yes, I would agree that Japanese Baptists have more in common with American Baptists than, say, Japanese Satanists or Buddhists, but that is an irrelevant digression. For one thing, you cannot tell by looking at someone what beliefs he holds, or whatnot--but you can (at least most of the time) tell the person's race. And that is how we lump people together--not based on what they really believe, but on the superficial side. So this book is not racist; it just points out (accurately) the unpleasant truth. Would you rather have the author sugarcoat everything and make it seem as if we all only care about "what's on the inside" a la Barney the big purple dinosaur? If so, you might want to go back to watching Sesame Street, I think the commercials are about over.

racist
Anyone who continues to think of race as a primary characteristic of someone is a racist.

This book is racist.

Culturally, there are so many divides within any given "race," that it is an illusory category that should be abandoned.

It would be much better to look at people in terms of common beliefs. For instance, Japanese Baptists have more in common with American Baptists than either group has with Satanists.

It is religion, or the lack of it, that unites or divides people, or at least what it is that they believe.

As ML King put it, it's the content of one's character that should be judged.This means what they believe, and how it is enacted through time.Skin color and racial characteristics are meaningless. ... Read more

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Essays on works by writers including Joy Kagawa, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Wakako Yamauchi.

This title, Asian-American Writers, part of Chelsea House Publishers’ Modern Critical Views series, examines the major works of Asian-American Writers through full-length critical essays by expert literary critics. In addition, this title features a short biography on Asian-American Writers, a chronology of the author’s life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University. ... Read more

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In this groundbreaking collection of personal writings, young Asian American girls come together for the first time and engage in a dynamic converstions about the unique challenges they face in their lives. Promoted by a variety of pressing questions from editor Vickie Nam and culled from hundreds of submission from all over the country, these revelatory essays, poems, and stories tackle such complex issues as dual identities, culture clashes, family matters, body image, and the need to find one's voice.

With a foreword by Phoebe Eng, as well as contributions from accomplished Asian American women mentors Janice Mirikitani, Helen Zia, Nora Okja Keller, Lois-Ann Yamanaka, Elaine Kim, Patsy Mink, and Wendy Mink, Yell-Oh Girls! is an inspiring and much-needed resource for young Asian American girls.

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Half and half.
Well, I have read this book twice (the second time, I found it in a high school library and finished it all in one day).

I do applaud Nam for having the courage and patience to put out a book like this, but every single one of the stories is from a young Asian female in high school or college. Also, despite the obvious differences in surroundings, characters, and plots, they all seem to be so staged as the stories always come up to the same conclusion: I did terrible, or Mom/Dad did me wrong, but I can always keep trying. It's a good message, but when you hear it in about three or four dozen stories over a course of a book literally as thick as your thumb, it does get pretty redundant.

Like the other reviewers pointed out, I'm wondering what happened to these writers. I'm sure they'd all be in their thirties or at least twenties now; this was all written and published in 2000 and 2001.

Good for the high school and college Asian American girls; may be a bit boring and repetitive for the rest.

Just what I wanted
The book was just what I wanted, I second-hand copy. The condition is fine and I'm happy with my purchase.

great!!!
When i first started reading Yell-oh girls, it was kind of boreing and i didn't think i would like it. What drew me to it was the reveiw ont he back of the book. Eventually after i got through the first few pages, i found the book to be really interesting and informative. I thought the author did a great job putting this book together, with all the stories she added into it. I really enjoyed all of them. I never knew what these young girls had to go through. Being called a foreigner everywhere you go,and being stuck between two countries and not knowing which to choose. It must have been really hard!! overall, i thought this book was great!!! :)

Worth YELL-ing about!
"YELL-Oh Girls!: Emerging Voices Explore Culture, Identity, and Growing Up Asian American," an anthology edited by Vickie Nam, contains more than 80 pieces (both poetry and prose) written by young Asian American women.There are also a few "mentor pieces" by established Asian American women.The book is organized thematically into 5 main sections: "Orientation: Finding the Way Home," in which writers "explore the Asian American landscape"; "Family Ties," which focuses on relationships with family members; "Dolly Rage," which deals with the intersections of physical appearance, difference, and discrimination; "Finding My Voice," about "wrestling with language, trying to somehow find the words to portray ourselves"; and finally "Girlwind: Emerging Voices for Change," which celebrates the activism of "the women warriors of tomorrow."

Each author is identified by her name (except for a small number of anonymous or pseudonymous pieces), age, and town they have lived or currently live in.Cities from many parts of the United States (California, Hawai'i, Illinois, Virginia, Wisconsin, Texas, etc.) are represented, and there is at least one writer from Canada.The young writers, who range in age from 14 to 22, have cultural/ancestral roots in many different nations: Korea, China, Vietnam, the Philippines, India, Laos.

Over 300 pages long, this anthology is full of fascinating selections.Most of them are very short.Some seem like seeds of what could become longer pieces.Some pieces seem to whet the appetite more successfully than satisfy it, but the best pieces are really noteworthy.

Some of the selections I found most impactful are as follows."Her Three-Inch Feet," by Jenny Yu: a moving portrait of a great-aunt who had evidently undergone footbinding."The Other Sister," by Kim McKee: about being adopted and having Caucasian family members."Going Undercover," by Wendy M. Thompson: a reflection on having both Chinese and African American parentage."Zine Grrrl," by Kristy Chan: a fascinating piece about alternative literary creativity."Waving Fans," by Mia Chan Mi Park: about being the drummer for an all-Asian American female rock band.This last piece has my favorite line from the whole book: "YES, Asian American women also rock. . . and we rock hard, dammit!"

This book challenges stereotypes and offers bold new images of young Asian American women.And while rooted in the Asian American female experience, the book addresses many themes that are equally relevant to men and to women of other ethnic/cultural groups.Overall, this is a fine anthology, and a fitting companion to such groundbreaking anthologies as "Home Girls" and "This Bridge Called My Back.""YELL-Oh Girls!" is, in my opinion, a good choice for college courses, for reading groups, or for individual reading.

Expected more
I went into this book with the expectation of learning more about the asian american story- instead I got very generic stories.I think it would be better if the writters weren't all just teenagers and early twenties. ... Read more

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This book provides concise coverage of the major Asian Americangroups from both an historical and socio-cultural perspective.Coverage of each major group—Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos, Asian Indians, Koreans, Pacific Islanders, and newer Asian American groups—especially those from Southeast Asia and South Asia—provides readers with a balanced overview of all cultures within US Asian society. Content reflects developments of the late 1990s and includes updated demographic information.For research in sociology, history, and ethnic studies professions. ... Read more

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College book
Delivery was quick, and the book is in great condition. Extremely pleased! Thank you!! :)

Too many statistics and not enough humanism
I appreciated this book in the sense that it provides some very useful statistics concerning the various ethnic groups within the Asian American population.Yet, I felt that this book lacked personality and soul.I wanted more than numbers.I wanted to see the big picture about the lives of Asian Americans.I wanted to see them as people.

On top of that, I think that the title perpetuates the stereotype that Asians are foreigners.An "emerging minority?" It implies that persons of Asian descent are just being noticed and just beginning to do things that are worthy of notice. Its true that not much is known in mainstream society about this community, but we have a long history in the U.S. Granted, most of the Asian American population are new immigrants, but our presence and legacy in the U.S. and in the Western hemisphere goes way back.

This book is a nice introduction to the Asian American experience, but I would use it as a supplement and not a primary sourse of information. Takaki (Strangers from a Different Shore), Chan (Asian Americans:An Interpretive History) and Espiritu (Asian American Women & Men:Labor, Laws & Love)do a much better job. ... Read more

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During the height of racist anti-Chinese U.S. immigration laws, illegal aliens were able to come into the States under false papers identifying them as the sons of those who had returned to China to marry and have children. "American Paper Son" is the story of one such Chinese immigrant who came to Wichita, Kansas, in 1935 as a thirteen-year-old 'paper son' to help in his father's restaurant there. This vivid first-person account addresses significant themes in Asian American history through the lens of Wong's personal stories. Wong served in one of the all-Chinese units of the 14th Air Force in China during World War II and he discusses the impact of race and segregation on his experience. After the war he found a wife in Taishan, brought her to the US, and became involved in the government's infamous Confession program (an amnesty program for immigrants).Wong eventually became a successful real estate entrepreneur in Wichita. Rich with poignant insights into the realities of life as part of a very small Chinese American population in a midwestern town, this memoir provides an important new view of the Asian American experience away from the West Coast.Benson Tong adds a scholarly introduction and useful annotations. ... Read more

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Arkansas, 1943. The Deep South during the heart of Jim Crow-era segregation. A Japanese-American person boards a bus, and immediately is faced with a dilemma. Not white. Not black. Where to sit?

By elucidating the experience of interstitial ethnic groups such as Mexican, Asian, and Native Americans—groups that are held to be neither black nor white—Leslie Bow explores how the color line accommodated—or refused to accommodate—“other” ethnicities within a binary racial system. Analyzing pre- and post-1954 American literature, film, autobiography, government documents, ethnography, photographs, and popular culture, Bow investigates the ways in which racially “in-between” people and communities were brought to heel within the South’s prevailing cultural logic, while locating the interstitial as a site of cultural anxiety and negotiation.

Spanning the pre- to the post- segregation eras, Partly Colored traces the compelling history of “third race” individuals in the U.S. South, and in the process forces us to contend with the multiracial panorama that constitutes American culture and history.

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This critical study of Asian American literature discusses work by internationally successful writers such as Maxine Hong Kingston, Amy Tan, Bharati Mukherjee, Gish Jen, Chang-Rae Lee and Amitav Ghosh, and situates them in a range of literary-cultural contexts.

The focus of the book is on twentieth-century writing, particularly from the 1970s onwards, but it also traces the historical development of Asian American literature and discusses important earlier writers. Four central themes in Asian American culture are covered: beginning Asian American literature; ambassadorial literature; culture wars; and heterogeneity, hybridity, multiplicity. Each chapter offers a broad discussion of writers, concepts and approaches with case studies of key texts. Particular emphasis is placed on the critical reception of these writers, as they contribute to major debates in and around Asian American Studies. Works by Asian American writers are considered in relation to transatlantic literature, postcolonial theory, feminism and postmodernism.

Key features

*The first readily available introductory guide to Asian American literature.

*Discusses a representative range of Asian American literature, providing a sense of the diversity of the field and of its key themes and modes of writing.

*Links close reading of key texts with critical and theoretical approaches to Asian American literature.

*Encourages reflection on questions of literary value, canonicity and the scope and purpose of literary studies.

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Awesome
The fastest shipment. Excellent condition!! Even though as it was described used book but, it's like new.
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Tufts Univ., Quincy, MA. Fills the gap and challenges the stereotypes by examining the psychological development of Asian-American women. Contains historical content, empirical studies, case examples, and experiential data. Brings together the voices of women from a wide range of cultures. For psychologists. ... Read more

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Drawing from a broad range of articles, speeches, pamphlets, sermons, debates, laws, and resolutions, this documentary collection focuses on support for the rights of Japanese and Chinese immigrants and their descendants in the United States. The book traces a 130-year period, culminating with the governmental redress for survivors of the Japanese evacuation and internment of World War II. Illustrating the scope and types of American dissent against anti-Asian thought, the volume highlights expressions from the clergy, the labor movement, the abolitionists, and figures such as Wendell Phillips, Charles Sumner, Frederick Douglass, Mark Twain, John Stuart Mill, and Carey McWilliams. Citing material never before published, it demonstrates Black support for Asian rights and the consistency of the IWW's solidarity with Chinese and Japanese-American workers. It is also the first work to treat seriously clergymen's efforts against anti-Asian discrimination. ... Read more

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When we imagine the activities of Asian American women in the mid-twentieth century, our first thoughts are not of skiing, beauty pageants, magazine reading, and sororities. Yet, Shirley Jennifer Lim argues, these are precisely the sorts of leisure practices many second generation Chinese, Filipina, and Japanese American women engaged in during this time.

In A Feeling of Belonging, Lim highlights the cultural activities of young, predominantly unmarried Asian American women from 1930 to 1960. This period marks a crucial generation—the first in which American-born Asians formed a critical mass and began to make their presence felt in the United States. Though they were distinguished from previous generations by their American citizenship, it was only through these seemingly mundane "American" activities that they were able to overcome two-dimensional stereotypes of themselves as kimono-clad "Orientals."

Lim traces the diverse ways in which these young women sought claim to cultural citizenship, exploring such topics as the nation's first Asian American sorority, Chi Alpha Delta; the cultural work of Chinese American actress Anna May Wong; Asian American youth culture and beauty pageants; and the achievement of fame of three foreign-born Asian women in the late 1950s. By wearing poodle skirts, going to the beach, and producing magazines, she argues, they asserted not just their American-ness, but their humanity: a feeling of belonging.

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Racing Romance sheds light on the bonds between whites and Asian Americans, an important topic that has not garnered well-deserved attention until now. Using primary source narratives and interviews, Kumiko Nemoto addresses the contradictions and tensions-a result of race, class, and gender-that Asian Americans and whites experience. Racing Romance reveals how "progressive" interracial relationships remain shaped by the logic of patriarchy and gender inherent to the ideal of marriage, family, and nation in America, even as this ideal is juxtaposed with discourses of multiculturalism and color blindness. ... Read more

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Berkeley69
I anticipated reading this book with pleasure.It covers an interesting and important topic.

Sadly, the author substitutes cliches and citations of other authors' works for real analysis - e.g. I couldn't keep track of the number of times she used the words "neocolonial, post colonial, hegemonic, hypersexual, submissive" or variations thereof.

Her thesis seems to be that Asian women, particularly those from overseas, marry white men as a strategy for improving their social and economic.The women are in an unfavorable dynamic whereunder their husbands are insensitive of indifferent to their needs.The husbands on the other hand view their wives as good wives because of their Asian values.The author is seemingly unaware that American born white women also tend to marry up in SES (socio-economic status) and complain about their spouse's insensitivity.

She discusses how Asian women harbor unfavorable stereotypes of Asian males as effeminate and at the same time dominating and patriarchal towards their wives.This is not a problem limited to the Asian community.Many minority groups harbor in-group hostility and stereotypes.The author failed to analyze this issue.

The author does acknowledge some shift in the dynamics of Asian-white intermarrriage in the case of American born and educated Asian women.Seemingly there is a more equal relationship with their spouses.Also, in at least some cases, the white spouses are more sensitive to their wives Asian cultural heritage.

The author fails to address how much racial stereotypes and relationships have changed in the last twenty years among young people. The author didn't discuss dating patterns in high schools and colleges and the effect on marriage patterns.She didn't cite recent studies on these matters - possibly either because of unawareness or because they didn't mesh with her thesis.In either case a seriousomission.

The author is seemingly unaware that Asian-white relationships and stereotypes might operate differently in different parts of the country.For example Asian-white dating and marriage is so common in California and Hawaii as to pass unnoticed.Is the same true throughout the country?How does this affect the dynamics of intermarriage? Who knows?Seemingly not this author.

Most importantly the author failed to consider cross cultural studies with other ethnic groups such as Jews or Irish Catholics.For example Asians are often compared to Jews in terms of family, social and educational values. How did Jews move from being hated outsiders to being accepted members of the establishment?For what its worth, Al Gore, Donald Trump and Bill Clinton have or will soon have children married to Jews.Asians are seemingly following the same trajectory toward economic success and social acceptance as Jews or Irish Catholics before them. How will this affect Asian-white marriages? This issue is not considered.

I can accept the author's feminist and left wing viewpoints- particularly if well articulated.I can't accept the quality of herresearch and writing.

If you buy this book be aware of its limitations.

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This book provides a survey of literature by North American writers of Asian descent, both by national origins (Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, South Asian, Vietnamese) and by shared concerns. The volume is intended to serve as both a guide and a reference work for scholars, teachers, and students in Asian American studies, ethnic studies, and American studies. In terms of breadth and depth of coverage it is the first of its kind. ... Read more

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The growing presence of non-European cultures in America brings new challenges to as well as opportunities for parenting research. Whereas particular constructs of parent-child relationships were once considered universal, we now recognize distinct cultural variations. This is especially true in the case of Asian Americans, a population encompassing many diverse ethnicities.

Informed by a variety of qualitative and quantitative methodologies including detailed surveys of teenagers and their parents, Asian American Parenting and Parent-Adolescent Relationships focuses on Chinese and Filipino Americans—large populations with markedly different histories and cultural influences—giving readers a new lens into the nature and meaning of cultural differences in parenting. Synthesizing data on adolescent autonomy and dependence, parental support and control (both crucial to adolescents’ wellbeing), and the rarely-explored concept of parental sacrifice, this ambitious volume:

• Compares the parental belief systems of European Americans and immigrant Chinese and their influence on parenting styles.
• Discusses the role of measurement equivalence in understanding Asian American parenting practices.
• Examines sacrifice as a central concept in Asian American parenting and in immigrant parenting in general.
• Analyzes how Asian American teenagers understand the support and control provided by their parents.
• Explores the dynamics of parent and child gender in Asian American parenting.
• Places these findings in the context of previous parenting research and identifies new directions for the field.

Asian American Parenting and Parent-Adolescent Relationships is a uniquely informative reference for researchers, clinicians, and graduate students across multiple disciplines, including developmental, clinical child, and school psychology, sociology, and anthropology as well as ethnic and women’s studies.

"A much needed and extremely thoughtful contribution to the scholarship on Asian American families. The authors rely on a variety of research methods to reveal patterns that challenge stereotypes and urge us to move beyond pan ethnic categories and explore the rich diversity among Asian Americans. This book is an exemplary study of culture and parenting."

– Niobe Way, President, Society for Research on Adolescence /

Professor of Applied Psychology, New York University