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American society
Asian American College Students
Asian American Communities
Asian American community
Asian American studies
Asian Nationals
Author_Jae-Hyup Lee
boundary maintenance
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ethnic group dynamics
ethnic neighborhoods
Extra Curricular
Generation Korean Americans
identity formation
immigrant community research
intersectionality in Philadelphia communities
Joong Ang Ilbo
Korean American
Korean American Churches
Korean American Community
model minority thesis
Mug Book
Philadelphia Chinatown
political participation
social anthropology
Vietnamese American Communities
Vietnamese Catholic Churches
Vietnamese Interviewees
West Germany
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780815331186
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 01 Sep 1998
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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This comparative study of the Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese American communities in Philadelphia shows that each Asian American community maintains its own internal cultural boundaries, which are used to cultivate differences that become institutionalized over time. Socially constructed boundaries, such as ethnicity, gender, class and generation, intersect within and among ethnic groups. Based on a social anthropological framework, this study describes the mechanism of ethnic and class identity formations, and shows how identities are institutionalized through various organizations. By unraveling the complexity of Asian American communities and their boundary strategies, this study provides a look at the new political processes which Asian Americans are creating in a variety of social settings. Also includes maps. (Ph.D. dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, 1994; revised with new preface, introduction)
