Yano / Akatsuka Straight A's

Asian American College Students in Their Own Words
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-4780-0209-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 248 Seiten

Straight A’s features personal narratives of Asian American undergraduate students at Harvard University in which they reflect on their shared experiences with discrimination, stereotypes, immigrant communities, their relationship to their Asian heritage, and the difficulties that come with being expected to reach high levels of achievement.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yano, Christine R.

Akatsuka, Neal K. Adolph

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments vii
Foreword / Franklin Odo xi
Introduction: Tiger Tales and Their Tellings / Christine R. Yano 1
1. Family and Class 30
2. Race 58
3. Sexuality and Gender 89
4. Intimacy 107
5. Mental Health 123
6. Organizations 151
7. Extracurricular Activities 170
Conclusion: Straightness and Its Consequences / Christine R. Yano 192
Reflection: One Alum's Perspective / Jennie Park 199
Afterword / Josephine Kim 204
References 209
Asian American Collective 217
Contributors 221
Index 225

Über Autor(innen)

Christine R. Yano is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Hawai‘i.

Neal K. Adolph Akatsuka is Coordinator of Publications and Programs at the Mahindra Humanities Center, Harvard University.

The Asian American Collective: Joan Zhang (head), Claudine Cho, Amy Chyao, Shannen Kim, Brooke Nowakowski McCallum, Min-Woo Park, Lee Ann Song, Helen Zhao

Contributors: Josephine Kim, Franklin Odo, Jeannie Park