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The Asian American achievement paradox / Jennifer Lee and Min Zhou.

Title
The Asian American achievement paradox / Jennifer Lee and Min Zhou.
Author
Lee, Jennifer, 1968-
Publication
New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2015]

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Additional Authors
Zhou, Min, 1956-
Description
xx, 246 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm
Summary
"Asian Americans are often stereotyped as the "model minority." Their sizeable presence at elite universities and high household incomes have helped construct the narrative of Asian American "exceptionalism." While many scholars and activists characterize this as a myth, pundits claim that Asian Americans' educational attainment is the result of unique cultural values. In The Asian American Achievement Paradox, sociologists Jennifer Lee and Min Zhou offer a compelling account of the academic achievement of the children of Asian immigrants. Drawing on in-depth interviews with the adult children of Chinese immigrants and Vietnamese refugees and survey data, Lee and Zhou bridge sociology and social psychology to explain how immigration laws, institutions, and culture interact to foster high achievement among certain Asian American groups."--Back cover.
Uniform Title
Project Muse UPCC books.
Subject
  • Asian Americans > Social conditions
  • Asian Americans > Economic conditions
  • Asian Americans > Ethnic identity
  • Asian Americans > Economic conditions
  • Ethnic relations
  • Asiatischer Einwanderer
  • Schulbildung
  • Soziale Integration
  • Ethnische Identität
  • United States > Ethnic relations
  • United States
  • USA
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
What is cultural about Asian American achievement? -- Immigration, hyper-selectivity, and second-generation convergence -- The success frame and the Asian F -- Reinforcing the success frame -- Comparing success frames -- Symbolic capital and stereotype promise -- Mind-sets and the achievement paradox -- Success at all costs -- The Asian American achievement paradox: culture, success, and assimilation.
ISBN
  • 9780871545473
  • 0871545470
  • 9781610448505 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
^^2014048848
OCLC
  • 906010361
  • SCSB-11337202
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library