Becoming Asian American: Second-Generation Chinese and Korean American Identities
Kibria's extensive interviews of Chinese Americans and Korean Americans in Boston and Los Angeles in the 1980s and '90s make for an incredibly familiar and enlightening title.(Terry HongAsianWeek)A good overview of the issues and experiences prevalent among more acculturated Asian Americans and how they negotiate and forge new racial and ethnic identities.(William Ming LiuJournal of College Student Development)For scholars of ethnicity, the Asian diaspora, immigration, and sociologists of race, this book is filled with a number of illuminating empirical findings and theoretical advances.(Jonathan W. WarrenAmerican Journal of Sociology)With its detailed analysis and lucid text,Becoming Asian Americanadds a rich case study to the growing sub-field of ethnic and racial studies: the sociology of second-generation immigrants.(Keiko YamanakaEthnic and Racial Studies)Nazli Kibria is one of the outstanding scholars on the sociology of Asian Americans, as well as in the general field of sociology of race and ethnicity.Becoming Asian Americangreatly advances knowledge of the dynamic interaction of race, ethnicity, and individual identity in American life. Her case studies offer a fresh, solid approach to discovering what it is like for immigrant racial minorities to become American in our time and indicates a great deal about the future of the American nation.(Reed Ueda, Tufts University)Nazli Kibria presents a rich body of interview data on the changing and diverse nature of Asian-American identity, particularly among Chinese and Korean Americans, making a very solid and sustained contribution to the burgeoning literature within Asian-American studies. Through Kibria's wonderful interviews, we hear very interesting meditations on ethnic identity. She also does a good job of raising important sociological questions about race and immigration. This book may very well become a landmark in the field.(John Lie, University of Michigan)