The Asian American achievement paradox
By: Jennifer Lee and Min Zhou
Contributors: Zhou, Min, 1956- author
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780871545473
Subjects: Social conditions; Asian Americans; Economic conditions; Ethnic identity; Ethnic relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is cultural about Asian American achievement?; title: Immigration, hyper-selectivity, and second-generation convergence; title: The success frame and the Asian F; title: Reinforcing the success frame; title: Comparing success frames; title: Symbolic capital and stereotype promise; title: Mind-sets and the achievement paradox; title: Success at all costs; title: The Asian American achievement paradox: culture, success, and assimilation.