Koreans in America
Author | : Bong Youn Choy |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780882293523 |
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Author | : Bong Youn Choy |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780882293523 |
Author | : Sumie Okazaki |
Publisher | : NYU Press |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2018-10-09 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1479826251 |
An engaging ethnography of Korean American immigrant families navigating the United States Both scholarship and popular culture on Asian American immigrant families have long focused on intergenerational cultural conflict and stereotypes about “tiger mothers” and “model minority” students. This book turns the tables on the conventional imagination of the Asian American immigrant family, arguing that, in fact, families are often on the same page about the challenges and difficulties navigating the U.S.’s racialized landscape. The book draws on a survey with over 200 Korean American teens and over one hundred parents to provide context, then focusing on the stories of five families with young adults in order to go in-depth, and shed light on today’s dynamics in these families. The book argues that Korean American immigrant parents and their children today are thinking in shifting ways about how each member of the family can best succeed in the U.S. Rather than being marked by a generational division of Korean vs. American, these families struggle to cope with an American society in which each of their lives are shaped by racism, discrimination, and gender. Thus, the foremost goal in the minds of most parents is to prepare their children to succeed by instilling protective character traits. The authors show that Asian American—and particularly Korean American—family life is constantly shifting as children and parents strive to accommodate each other, even as they forge their own paths toward healthy and satisfying American lives. This book contributes a rare ethnography of family life, following them through the transition from teenagers into young adults, to a field that has largely considered the immigrant and second generation in isolation from one another. Combining qualitative and quantitative methods and focusing on both generations, this book makes the case for delving more deeply into the ideas of immigrant parents and their teens about raising children and growing up in America – ideas that defy easy classification as “Korean” or “American.”
Author | : Grace J. Yoo |
Publisher | : Cognella Academic Publishing |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 2011-10-06 |
Genre | : Korean Americans |
ISBN | : 9781609275112 |
Contains essays by U.S. scholars and activists from a variety of fields on topics relevant to the study of Korean Americans.
Author | : Edward T. Chang |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 126 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Immigrants |
ISBN | : 0998295736 |
Korean Americans: A Concise History tells the untold stories of the pioneering immigrants, the newly discovered tale of the first Koreatown USA, and about the first Korean aviator. The textbook conveys the Korean American experience by highlighting important moments, people, and incidents that defines this small community. The book takes readers on a journey starting with the beginning of Korean immigration to the United States, to present day issues, trends, and identity.
Author | : Pyong Gap Min |
Publisher | : Lexington Books |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2012-12-08 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0739178148 |
This is the only anthology that covers several different topics related to Koreans’ experiences in the U.S. and Canada. The topics covered are Koreans’ immigration and settlement patterns, changes in Korean immigrants’ business patterns, Korean immigrant churches’ social functions, differences between Korean immigrant intact families and geese families, transnational ties, second-generation Koreans’ identity issues, and Korean international students’ gender issues. This book focuses on Korean Americans’ twenty-first century experiences. It provides basic statistics about Koreans’ immigration, settlement and business patterns, while it also provides meaningful qualitative data on gender issues and ethnic identity. The annotated bibliography on Korean Americans in Chapter 10 will serve as important guides for beginning researchers studying Korean Americans.
Author | : Brian Lehrer |
Publisher | : Facts On File |
Total Pages | : 116 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780791033746 |
Discusses the history, culture, and religion of the Koreans; factors encouraging their emigration, and their acceptance as an ethnic group in North America.
Author | : Gregg Brazinsky |
Publisher | : ReadHowYouWant.com |
Total Pages | : 590 |
Release | : 2009-09-14 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1458723178 |
Brazinsky explains why South Korea was one of the few postcolonial nations that achieved rapid economic development and democratization by the end of the twentieth century. He contends that a distinctive combination of American initiatives and Korean agency enabled South Korea's stunning transformation. Expanding the framework of traditional diplomatic history, Brazinsky examines not only state-to-state relations, but also the social and cultural interactions between Americans and South Koreans. He shows how Koreans adapted, resisted, and transformed American influence and promoted socioeconomic change that suited their own aspirations. Ultimately, Brazinsky argues, Koreans' capacity to tailor American institutions and ideas to their own purposes was the most important factor in the making of a democratic South Korea.
Author | : Won Moo Hurh |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 1998-06-30 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 031339542X |
Korean Americans are one of the fastest growing ethnic groups in the United States. Although they share many similar cultural characteristics with other Asian Americans, the Korean Americans are unique in terms of their strong ethnic attachment, extensive participation in Christian churches, heavy involvement in self-employed small businesses, wide geographic dispersion in settlement, and the emergence of the 1.5 generation phenomenon. This book answers the following questions for the student or interested reader: • Who are the Korean people? • Why did they come to the United States? • How did they adapt to their new country? • How are they received by the majority of Americans? • What are their accomplishments, problems, and contributions to American society? Other special features include: • An extensive coverage on the ethnic background (history, language, religion, customs, and other cultural heritage) of Korean Americans. • Current statistical data on Korean immigration to the United States. • A comprehensive analysis of socioeconomic characteristics of Korean Americans as compared with those of other minority groups. • A succinct analysis of the unique characteristics of Korean Americans. • Effective use of personal narratives. In 1970 there were about 70,000 Korean Americans—the number grew tenfold to about 790,000 in 1990. The Korean American population is now estimated at well over a million, and demographic projections indicate that the number will reach about three million by the year 2030. Korean Americans are thus among the new groups of Americans to become another integral part of the American history of cultural pluralism and ethnic diversity. Examined are the most significant areas of Korean American's adaptation—economic adjustment, sociocultural adaptation, family life, ethnic associations, intergroup relations, and psychological adjustment. In each area of adaptation, positive attainment as well as the problems of adjustment are analyzed in light of current theories and empirical research. The book concludes with a discussion of the unique characteristics of Korean Americans and their impact on society.
Author | : Wayne Patterson |
Publisher | : McGraw-Hill Companies |
Total Pages | : 70 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780822502487 |
Surveys the immigration of Koreans to America from 1903 to the present time and identifies the contributions of individual Koreans to American life and culture.
Author | : Stacy Taus-Bolstad |
Publisher | : Lerner Publications |
Total Pages | : 88 |
Release | : 2005-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780822548744 |
Examines the history of Korean immigration to the United States, discussing why Korean immigrants came, what they did when they got here, where they settled, and customs they brought with them.