Learning to Belong in the World
An Ethnography of Asian American Girls
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Springer Verlag, Singapore
Published:27th Mar '18
Should be back in stock very soon
This hardback is available in another edition too:
- Paperback£89.99was £99.99(9789811341632)
This book provides a complex and intricate portrayal of Asian American high school girls – which has been an under-researched population – as cultural meditators, diasporic agents, and community builders who negotiate displacement and attachment in challenging worlds of the in-between. Based on two years of ethnographic fieldwork, Tomoko Tokunaga presents a portrait of the girls’ hardships, dilemmas, and dreams while growing up in an interconnected world. This book contributes a new understanding of the roles of immigrant children and youth as agents of globalization and sophisticated border-crossers who have the power and agency to construct belonging and identity across multiple contexts, spaces, times, activities, and relationships. It has much to offer to the construction of educative communities and spaces where immigrant youth, specifically immigrant girls, can thrive.
“It will be accessible reading for students in undergraduate and graduate classrooms and for anyone interested in learning about how Asian American girls’ daily experiences and agential practices shape their sense of belonging in the world. The book contributes significantly to an inter-disciplinary readership and pertinent for the fields of girlhood studies, gender studies, diaspora studies, children’s geographies and childhood studies, and overall, significant scholarship for those interested in children and youth cultures.” (Anandini Dar, Children's Geographies, January 29, 2020)
“This book is an important contribution to literature on second-generation immigrant children’s liminality, acculturation, and identity formation in transnational social spaces. The theoretical and practical implications drawn from this study may also be applied to Japanese society and education, which are now facing increased ethnic diversities with the influx of immigrants. The book is highly recommended to anyone interested in how society and education can support immigrant youths’ construction of ibasho and empowerment.” (Misako Nukaga, Educational Studies in Japan, Issue 13, March, 2019)
ISBN: 9789811084782
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156 pages
1st ed. 2018