Balancing two worlds : Asian American college students tell their life stories / edited by Andrew Garrod and Robert Kilkenny ; with an introduction by Russell C. Leong and an afterword by Vernon Takeshita.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Garrod, Andrew, 1937-

Kilkenny, Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dartmouth College--Students--Biography.

Dartmouth College.

Asian American college students--New Hampshire--Hanover--Biography.

Asian American college students.

Asian American youth--Education (Higher)--New Hampshire--Hanover--Biography.

Asian American youth.

Education, Higher.

New Hampshire.

New Hampshire--Hanover.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007.

Summary:

Balancing Two Worlds highlights themes surrounding the creation of Asian American identity. This book contains fourteen first-person narratives by Asian American college students, most of whom have graduated during the first five years of the twenty-first century. Their engaging accounts detail the students' very personal struggles with issues of assimilation, gender, religion, sexuality, family conflicts, educational stereotypes, and being labeled the "model minority." Some of the students relate stories drawn from their childhood and adolescent experiences, while others focus more on their college experiences at Dartmouth.

Anyone who wants to learn about the changing concept of race in America and what it's like to be a young American of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Burmese, or South Asian descent-from educators and college administrators to students and their families-will find Balancing Two Worlds a compelling read and a valuable resource.

Contents:

Introduction : Asian Americans : "now becoming aware of their own personality" / by Russell C. Leong

Generating new identities. Sticks and salt / Phuoc Nguyen

Distilling my Korean American identity / Patrick S.

Turning against myself / Amy Lee

Challenging the "model minority" label. Receding past, advancing future / Kenneth Lee

Balancing on the hyphen / Fuyuki Hirashima

Korea is my heart and soul, America is my mind and spirit / Leah Lee

Origins and ethnicities. In search of a sangam / Asha Gupta

A Muslim citizen of the democratic West / Aly Rahim

American pie / Dean Krishna

My permanent home / Sabeen Hassanali

What are you?. A little plot of no-man's-land / Ki Mae Ponniah Heussner

Multihued / Anthony R. Luckett

Emerging diversities. No such thing

/ Johnny Lee

Farewell my tung-tew / Vincent Ng

Afterword : revolution and revelations : the personal journey and the definition of community / by Vernon Takeshita.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780801445958

0801445957

9780801473845

0801473845

OCLC:

78789560