Consuming Citizenship

Children of Asian Immigrant Entrepreneurs

By:

Lisa Sun-Hee Park

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Asian America

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Consuming Citizenship investigates how Korean American and Chinese American children of entrepreneurial immigrants demonstrate their social citizenship as Americans through conspicuous consumption. The American immigrant entrepreneur has played a central role in projecting the American ideology of freedom and equality. The children of these immigrants are seen as evidence of an open society. While it appears that these children have readily adapted to American culture, questions remain as to why second-generation Asian Americans feel compelled to convince others of their legitimacy and the way they go about asserting their citizenship status. Extending our understanding of such children beyond the traditional emphasis on assimilation, the author argues that their consumptive behavior is a significant expression of their paradoxical position as citizens who taddle the boundaries of social inclusion and exclusion.

Author Biography:

Lisa Sun-Hee Park is Assistant Professor in the Ethnic Studies Department and the Urban Studies and Planning Program at the University of California, San Diego. She is co-author of The Silicon Valley of Dreams: Environmental Injustice, Immigrant Workers, and the High-tech Global Economy (2002).

Release date Australia

August 22nd, 2005

Author

Lisa Sun-Hee Park

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Pages

184

Series

Asian America

Dimensions

155x229x11

ISBN-13

9780804752480

Product ID

3953017

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