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  • Struggle for Ethnic Identity

    Narratives by Asian American Professionals

    by Pyong Gap Min ...
    Series series Critical Perspectives on Asian Pacific Americans
    Dr. Pyong Gap Min and Rose Kim present a compilation of narratives on ethnic identity written by first-, 1.5-, and second-generation Asian American professionals. In an attempt to reconcile the dichotomies long associated with being both Asian and American, these narratives trace the formation of each author's ethnic identity and discuss its importance in shaping his or her professional career. ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Countering History Denialism

    The Assault on Truth About 'Comfort Women'

    by Pyong Gap Min ...
    Written by internationally-known 'comfort women' scholars and redress activists, this book critically examines and evaluates the erroneous claim that Japanese and Korean 'comfort women' (KCW) were voluntary prostitutes with labor contracts, rather than sexual slaves. It also critically evaluates many unsubstantiated arguments and unjustifiable criticisms of the redress movement led by the Korean ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Transnational Cultural Flow from Home

    Korean Community in Greater New York

    by Pyong Gap Min ...
    When the first wave of post-1965 Korean immigrants arrived in the New York-New Jersey area in the early 1970s, they were reliant on retail and service businesses in the minority neighborhoods where they were. This caused ongoing conflicts with customers in black neighborhoods of New York City, with white suppliers at Hunts Point Produce Market, and with city government agencies that regulated ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Preserving Ethnicity through Religion in America

    Korean Protestants and Indian Hindus across Generations

    by Pyong Gap Min ...
    2012 Honorable Mention Award, Sociology of Religion Section, presented by the American Sociological Association**2011 Honorable Mention for the American Sociological Association International Migration Section's Thomas and Znaniecki Best BookPreserving Ethnicity through Religion in America** explores the factors that may lead to greater success in ethnic preservation. Pyong Gap Min compares Indian ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Korean "Comfort Women"

    Military Brothels, Brutality, and the Redress Movement

    by Pyong Gap Min ...
    Series series Genocide, Political Violence, Human Rights
    Arguably the most brutal crime committed by the Japanese military during the Asia-Pacific war was the forced mobilization of 50,000 to 200,000 Asian women to military brothels to sexually serve Japanese soldiers. The majority of these women died, unable to survive the ordeal. Those survivors who came back home kept silent about their brutal experiences for about fifty years. In the late 1980s, the ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • The Second Generation

    Ethnic Identity among Asian Americans

    by Pyong Gap Min, Yen Le Espiritu, Hung C. Thai, Sharmila Rudrappa, Bangele D. Alsaybar, Pyong Gap Min & Rose Kim, Nazli Kibria, Mia Tuan ...
    Series series Critical Perspectives on Asian Pacific Americans
    In a series of essays based on original ethnographic research, Pyong Gap Min and his contributors examine the unique identity issues for second generation ethnic Asians, from Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, Indian, and Vietnamese descent. They describe how societal expectations and structural barriers have a powerful influence on the formation of ethnic identities in a strongly racialized ... Read more

    $29.19 USD

  • Second-Generation Korean Experiences in the United States and Canada

    by Neha Ahmed, Trivina Kang, ChangHwan Kim, Chigon Kim, Il-Ho Kim, Deborah Kim-Lu, Christine J. Oh, Sookhee Oh, Jerry Z. Park, Minjung Ryu, Angie Y. Chung, Miliann Kang, Dae Young Kim, Nadia Y. Kim ...
    In Second-Generation Korean Experiences in the United States and Canada, Pyong Gap Min and Samuel Noh have compiled a comprehensive examination of 1.5- and second-generation Korean experiences in the United States and Canada. As the chapters demonstrate, comparing younger-generation Koreans with first-generation immigrants highlights generational changes in many areas of life. The contributors ... Read more

    $109.39 USD

  • Religions in Asian America

    Building Faith Communities

    Edited by Pyong Gap Min, Jung Ha Kim ...
    Series series Critical Perspectives on Asian Pacific Americans
    The flux of Asian immigration over the last 35 years has deeply altered the United States' religious landscape. But neither social scientists nor religious scholars have fully appreciated the impact of these growing communities. And Asian immigrant religious communities are significant to the study of American religion not only because there are more than ten million Asian Americans. Asian ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Koreans in North America

    Their Experiences in the Twenty-First Century

    by Joe Jeong Ho Han, Ann H. Kim, Min-Jung Kwak, Helene K. Lee, Se Hwa Lee, Samuel Noh, Linda S. Parks, Wansoo Park, Sung Hyun Yun ...
    This is the only anthology that covers several different topics related to Koreans’ experiences in the U.S. and Canada. The topics covered are Koreans’ immigration and settlement patterns, changes in Korean immigrants’ business patterns, Korean immigrant churches’ social functions, differences between Korean immigrant intact families and geese families, transnational ties, second-generation ... Read more

    $47.79 USD

  • Younger-Generation Korean Experiences in the United States

    Personal Narratives on Ethnic and Racial Identities

    by Thomas Chung, Linda Park, Rose Kim, Alex Jeong, Ruth Chung, Brenda Chung, Sun Park, Bora Lee, Helene K. Lee0, Dave Hahn1, Sung S. Park2, Katherine Yungmee Kim3, Alexandra Noh4, Hyein Lee5 ...
    Younger-Generation Korean Experiences in the United States: Personal Narratives on Ethnic and Racial Identities compares the formation of the ethnic identities of two distinct cohorts of Korean Americans. Through personal essays, the book explores four influential factors of ethnic identity: retention of ethnic culture; participation in ethnic social networks; links to the mother country and its ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

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    by William John Cox ...
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