Asian American Youth : Culture, Identity and Ethnicity

Acknowledgments xi Introduction: The Making of Culture, Identity, and Ethnicity among Asian American Youth 1(32) Min Zhou Jennifer Lee Part I. Population Dynamics and Diverse Contexts of Growing Up American Coming of Age at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century: A Demographic Profile of Asian American Youth 33(18) Min Zhou Intermarriage and Multiracial Identification: The Asian American Experience and Implications for Changing Color Lines 51(16) Jennifer Lee Frank D. Bean Part II. Historical Patterns of Cultural Practices among Asian American Youth Rizal Day Queen Contests, Filipino Nationalism, and Femininity 67(16) Arleen de Vera Nisei Daughters' Courtship and Romance in Los Angeles before World War II 83(18) Valerie J. Matsumoto Hell's a Poppin': Asian American Women's Youth Consumer Culture 101(12) Shirley Jennifer Lim Shifting Ethnic Identity and Consciousness: U.S.-Born Chinese American Youth in the 1930s and 1950s 113(18) Gloria Heyung Chun Part III. Emerging Youth Cultural Forms and Practices Instant Karma: The Commercialization of Asian Indian Culture 131(12) Sabeen Sandhu Transnational Cultural Practices of Chinese Immigrant Youth and Parachute Kids 143(16) Christy Chiang-Hom Reinventing the Wheel: Import Car Racing in Southern California 159(18) Victoria Namkung ``No Lattes Here'': Asian American Youth and the Cyber Cafe Obsession 177(14) Mary Yu Danico Linda Trinh Vo Filipinotown and the DJ Scene: Cultural Expression and Identity Affirmation of Filipino American Youth in Los Angeles 191(16) Lakandiwa M. de Leon A Shortcut to the American Dream? Vietnamese Youth Gangs in Little Saigon 207(14) James Diego Vigil Steve C. Yun Jesse Cheng Lost in the Fray: Cambodian American Youth in Providence, Rhode Island 221(14) Sody Lay Part IV. Negotiating and Affirming Identity, Space, and Choice Made in the U.S.A.: Second-Generation Korean American Campus Evangelicals 235(16) Rebecca Y. Kim Performing Race, Negotiating Identity: Asian American Professional Actors in Hollywood 251(18) Nancy Wang Yuen Searching for Home: Voices of Gay Asian American Youth in West Hollywood 269(16) Mark Tristan Ng Marriage Dilemmas: Partner Choices and Constraints for Korean Americans in New York City 285(14) Sara S. Lee A Commentary on Young Asian American Activists from the 1960s to the Present 299(14) William Wei Conclusion: Reflections, Thoughts, and Directions for Future Reseach 313(12) Jennifer Lee Min Zhou Bibliography 325(16) Contributors 341(6) Index 347