Straight A's: Asian American College Students in Their Own Words - Paperback
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Straight A's: Asian American College Students in Their Own Words - Paperback
$51.77
by Christine R. Yano (Editor), Neal K. Adolph Akatsuka (Editor)
The American Dream of success for many Asian Americans includes the highest levels of education. But what does it mean to live that success? In Straight A's Asian American students at Harvard reflect on their common experiences with discrimination, immigrant communities, their relationships to their Asian heritage, and their place in the university. They also explore the difficulties of living up to family expectations and the real-world effects of the "model minority" stereotype. While many of the issues they face are familiar to a wide swath of college students, their examinations of race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality, and culture directly speak to the Asian American experience in U.S. higher education. Unique and revealing, intimate and unreserved, Straight A's furthers the conversation about immigrant histories, racial and ethnic stereotypes, and multiculturalism in contemporary American society.
Author Biography
Christine R. Yano is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Hawai'i.
Neal K. Adolph Akatsuka is Coordinator of Publications and Programs at the Mahindra Humanities Center, Harvard University. The Asian American Collective: Joan Zhang (head), Claudine Cho, Amy Chyao, Shannen Kim, Brooke Nowakowski McCallum, Min-Woo Park, Lee Ann Song, Helen Zhao Contributors: Josephine Kim, Franklin Odo, Jeannie Park
Number of Pages: 248
Dimensions: 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: August 27, 2018
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