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Title: Forever Foreigners or Honorary Whites?: The Asian Ethnic Experience Today by Mia Tuan ISBN: 0-8135-2624-8 Publisher: Rutgers University Press Pub. Date: June, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (1 review)
Rating: 3
Summary: Very interesting, and yet....
Comment: This is a sound, solid study of contemporary Asian American identity. Lots to learn. Many interesting sociological findings: for instance, the way in which "ethnic" Asian identity is largely optional, and yet the "racial" aspect of being Asian is obviously not optional, and all that means for these peoples lives. The anecdotes and stories are very compelling, and one can really see how race and ethnicity are nebulous, contested, and ever-changing things.
And yet -- one of the main arguments made by the author is that no matter how long Asians have been in the USA (and Chinese immigrants came a LONG time ago!), Asian Americans are still seen as foreigners, as not "really" American. This is a compelling matter - and yet, on page 38, the author makes a rather startling admission: 66% of Asian-Am's are in fact foreign born! 66%!!! hello?! That means that MOST are indeed foreign born -- so if whites assume that Asians are not "really" from the USA, almost 7 out of 10 times, they will be correct. The same is simply not true for Italian or Irish Americans. This was a major deal to me, and the author just kept repeating and repeating how Asians are always seen as not really American. But when 66% are indeed foreign born, well.....?
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Title: Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White by Frank H. Wu ISBN: 046500640X Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 25 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Asian American Dreams : The Emergence of an American People by Helen Zia ISBN: 0374527369 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Pub. Date: 15 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: YELL-Oh Girls! Emerging Voices Explore Culture, Identity, and Growing Up Asian American by Vickie Nam ISBN: 0060959444 Publisher: Quill Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Retreat from Race: Asian-American Admissions and Racial Politics by Dana Y. Takagi ISBN: 0813519144 Publisher: Rutgers University Press Pub. Date: March, 1993 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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Title: The Accidental Asian : Notes of a Native Speaker by Eric Liu ISBN: 0375704868 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 07 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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