1st Edition

The Emerging Second Generation in Asia

Edited By Pei-Chia Lan, Minjeong Kim Copyright 2026
134 Pages
by Routledge

134 Pages
by Routledge

Presenting six case studies from Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Hong Kong, this volume marks one of the first forums dedicated to the emerging second generation in Asia. It aims to enhance the literature on the second generation, which has predominantly focused on North America and Western Europe. Rather than adhering to the assimilation paradigm, this book highlights the complex,... Read more

Introduction
Pei-Chia Lan and Minjeong Kim

1. Negotiating Ambivalent Identities in Geopolitical Contexts: Second-Generation Youth of Chinese Immigrant Mothers in Taiwan
Pei-Chia Lan

2. The Second Generation's Perceptions of South Korea's Public Support Programs for Multicultural Families
Minjeong Kim and Ilju Kim

3. Racialization of Xinyimin and Their Double Lives: New Immigrant Youth in Hong Kong
Yuk Wah Chan

4. Immigration without Diversity: The Invisible Second Generation in Singapore
Laavanya Kathiravelu

5. Multinational Migration and Post-Return Identity Negotiation: An Intersectional Study of Japanese-Pakistani Muslim Youths
Masako Kudo

6. Crafted Identities of Korean-Vietnamese Second-Generation Returnees Living in Vietnam
Hyun Mee Kim

 

 

 

Biography

Pei-Chia Lan is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at National Taiwan University. Her major publications include Global Cinderellas: Migrant Domestics and Newly Rich Employers in Taiwan (2006) and Raising Global Families: Parenting, Immigration, and Class in Taiwan and the US (2018).

Minjeong Kim is professor of Sociology at San Diego State University and is the author of Elusive Belonging: Marriage Immigrants and “Multiculturalism” in Rural South Korea (2018) and co-editor of Redefining Multicultural Families in South Korea: Reflections and Future Directions (2022).