Asian America : Sociological and interdisciplinary perspectives / Pawan Dhingra and Robyn Magalit Rodriguez.

"[The authors] critically examine key sociological and interdisciplinary topics through the experiences of Asian Americans, including social hierarchies (of race, gender, and sexuality), work and class, education, family, culture, identity, media, pan-ethnicity, social movements, and politics ... In...

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Main Author: Dhingra, Pawan
Other Authors: Rodriguez, Robyn Magalit
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Polity Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Asian Americans > Social conditions.
Asian Americans > Ethnic identity.
Asian Americans > Cultural assimilation.
United States > Race relations.
United States > Ethnic relations.
Physical Description:vii, 243 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book
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Summary:
"[The authors] critically examine key sociological and interdisciplinary topics through the experiences of Asian Americans, including social hierarchies (of race, gender, and sexuality), work and class, education, family, culture, identity, media, pan-ethnicity, social movements, and politics ... In addition, this text takes students beyond the boundaries of the United States to cultivate a comparative and global understanding of the Asian experience"--P. [4] of cover.
Call Number:E184.A75 D556 2014
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-233) and index.
ISBN:9780745647036
0745647030
9780745647043 (pbk.)
0745647049 (pbk.)