Saving Face : The Emotional Costs of the Asian Immigrant Family Myth /
Tiger Mom. Asian patriarchy. Model minority children. Generation gap. The many images used to describe the prototypical Asian family have given rise to two versions of the Asian immigrant family myth. The first celebrates Asian families for upholding the traditional heteronormative ideal of the &quo...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, NJ :
Rutgers University Press,
[2016]
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Colección: | Families in Focus
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- 1. The Asian Immigrant Family Myth
- 2. Education, Sacrifice, and the "American Dream"
- 3. Love and Communication across the Generation Gap
- 4. Children as Family Caregivers
- 5. Daughters and Sons Carrying Culture
- 6. The Racial Contradictions of Being American
- 7. Behind the Family Portrait
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author