Struggle for Ethnic Identity Narratives by

Essays discuss cultural conflicts, identifying with all-Asian American or larger groups, biculturalism, weakening ties to the ancestral culture, and other responses

Acknowledgments

7

(2)

Part One: Introduction

9

(38)

About the Book

11

(5)

Pyong Gap Min

Rose Kim

Ethnicity: Concepts, Theories, and Trends

16

(31)

Pyong Gap Min

Part Two: Ethnic Culture: An Identity in Conflict

47

(28)

My Trek

49

(10)

Rose Kim

Reflections on a Korean American Journey

59

(10)

Ruth Chung

A Handicapped Korean in America

69

(6)

Alex Jeong

Part Three: Building Coalitions: A Pan-Asian or Non-White Identity?

75

(36)

How Do You Say Your Name?

77

(10)

Kavitha Mediratta

Beyond the Golden Door

87

(14)

David Wang

A Girl Called Hoai

101

(10)

Phuong Do

Part Four: Living in Two Worlds: A Bicultural Identity

111

(30)

Finding Myself

113

(7)

Sayuri Mori-Quayle

Multiple Identities

120

(10)

Monica Jahan Bose

An Indian Boy in American Clothes

130

(11)

Shay Sheth

Part Five: Blending In: Weak Attachments to the Ethnic Group

141

(38)

What Being Filipino American Means to Someone Called Fuji

143

(13)

Eriberto P. Lozada Jr.

An (Asian American) Actor's Life

156

(12)

Joel de la Fuente

My Own ``Family''

168

(11)

Jean Hotta

Part Six: A New World: The First-Generation Experience

179

(30)

The Balancing Act

181

(10)

Lakshmi Malroutu

Reaching the Glass Ceiling . . . at Home

191

(8)

Margaret Yah-Min Kan

An Unwilling Refugee

199

(10)

Hoang Diem Hau

Part Seven: Coming to Terms: Forming One's Ethnic Identity

209

(18)

Pyong Gap Min

Rose Kim

Selected Bibliography

227

(10)

About the Editors

237

(1)

About the Contributors

238

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Struggle for Ethnic Identity Narratives by Asian American Professionals

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