ABSTRACT

Asian American Youth covers topics such as Asian immigration, acculturation, assimilation, intermarriage, socialization, sexuality, and ethnic identification. The distinguished contributors show how Asian American youth have created an identity and space for themselves historically and in contemporary multicultural America.

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PART I Population Dynamics and Diverse Contexts of Growing Up American

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PART II Historical Patterns of Cultural Practices among Asian American Youth

part |2 pages

PART III Emerging Youth Cultural Forms and Practices

chapter 10|11 pages

CHAPTER Reinventing the Wheel:

Victoria Namkung

chapter |3 pages

CONCLUSION

chapter 11|11 pages

CHAPTER “No Lattés Here”:

Mary Yu Danico and Linda Trinh Võ

chapter |3 pages

CONCLUSION

chapter 13|7 pages

CHAPTER A Shortcut to the American Dream?:

James Diego Vigil, Steve C. Yun, and Jesse Cheng

chapter |2 pages

HUC: A VIETNAMESE GANG MEMBER

chapter |5 pages

GANG CHARACTERISTICS ACTIVITIES

chapter |7 pages

UNDERMINING GIVEN TITLE “CAMBODIAN”

part |2 pages

PART IV Negotiating and Affirming Identity, Space, and Choice

chapter |1 pages

RECENT ASIAN AMERICAN MARRIAGE PATTERNS

chapter |10 pages

STUDY DESIGN METHODS

chapter |2 pages

CONCLUSION

chapter |11 pages

POLITICS, NEITHER PURE NOR SIMPLE

chapter |12 pages

CHAPTER Conclusion:

Jennifer Lee and Min Zhou

chapter |16 pages

Bibliography

chapter |1 pages

Contributors

chapter |5 pages

CONTRIBUTORS