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Straight A's : Asian American college students in their own words / Christine R. Yano and Neal K. Adolph Akatsuka, editors ; in collaboration with the Asian American Collective (AAC) ; with contributions by Josephine Kim, Franklin Odo, and Jeannie Park.
LIBRA LC2633.6 .S77 2018
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Harvard University--Students.
- Harvard University.
- Asian American college students.
- Asian Americans--Education (Higher).
- Asian Americans.
- Students.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 232 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Asian American college students in their own words.
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- "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." -- Amazon.com.
- Contents:
- Foreword / Franklin Odo
- Introduction : tiger tales and their tellings / Christine R. Yano
- Family and class
- Race
- Sexuality and gender
- Intimacy
- Mental health
- Organizations
- Extracurricular activities
- Conclusion : straightness and its consequences / Christine R. Yano
- Reflection: one alum's perspective / Jeannie Park
- Afterword / Josephine Kim.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Straight A's.
- ISBN:
- 9781478000105
- 1478000104
- 9781478000242
- 1478000244
- OCLC:
- 1010584660
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