Saving face : the emotional costs of the Asian immigrant family myth /

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The Asian immigrant family myth celebrates Asian families for upholding the traditional heteronormative ideal of the "normal (white) American family" yet also demonizes them for reinforcing oppressive and backwards cultural values. Saving Face cuts through these myths, offering a more nuan...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chung, Angie Y., 1973- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2016]
Colección:Families in focus.
Temas:
Immigrant families > United States.
Americanization.
Model minority stereotype > United States.
Asian American families.
Asian Americans.
Asians > United States.
Asian.
Familles immigrantes > États-Unis.
Américanisation.
Stéréotype de la minorité modèle > États-Unis.
Familles américaines d'origine asiatique.
Américains d'origine asiatique.
Asiatiques > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Asians.
Immigrant families.
Model minority stereotype.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The Asian immigrant family myth celebrates Asian families for upholding the traditional heteronormative ideal of the "normal (white) American family" yet also demonizes them for reinforcing oppressive and backwards cultural values. Saving Face cuts through these myths, offering a more nuanced portrait of Asian immigrant families in a changing world. Angie Y. Chung examines how the grown children of Korean and Chinese immigrants emotionally negotiate the complex and conflicted feelings they have toward their family responsibilities and upbringing through new modes of love, communication, and ca.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813569833
0813569834

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