1st Edition

Mothering, Education, and Ethnicity The Transformation of Japanese American Culture

By Susan Matoba Adler Copyright 1999
203 Pages
by Routledge

220 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

This postmodern feminist study explores changes in Japanese American women's perspectives on child rearing, education, and ethnicity across three generations-Nisei (second), Sansei (third), and Yonsei (fourth). Shifts in socio-political and cultural milieu have influenced the construction of racial and ethnic identities; Nisei women survived internment before relocating to the midwest, Sansei... Read more
PREFACE, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, GLOSSARY OF JAPANESE TERMS, 1. MY IDENTITY AS A SANSEI, 2. CHANGE ACROSS THE GENERATIONS, 3. REARING COMPETENT LEARNERS, 4. HOW JAPANESE ARE WE? 5. THE WORK ETHIC: DO YOUR BEST!, 6. THE TRANSFORMATION OF CULTURE

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Susan Matoba Adler