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"Splitting Things in Half Is So White!": Conceptions of Family Life and Friendship and the Formation of Ethnic Identity among Second Generation Vietnamese Americans.

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Thai, Hung C. – Amerasia Journal, 1999

Examines the ways Vietnamese Americans form ethnic identity through cultural ideology in interviews with 18 young-adult second-generation Vietnamese Americans. Findings reveal the fluid and complex interplay of culture and identity. These students used cultural ideology to form and recapture ethnic identity. Contains 71 endnotes. (SLD)

Descriptors: Asian Americans, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Ethnicity

Beyond the "Boat People": Ethnicization of American Life.

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Espiritu, Yen Le – Amerasia Journal, 1989

Explores process and proposes a model of ethnicization. Discusses both the home country experiences of Asians and their experiences in America as factors in the process of ethnicization. Discusses experiences of the following types of immigrant groups: those who constituted the majority population in their home country; and those who comprised an…

Descriptors: Asian Americans, Cultural Background, Ethnic Groups, Ethnic Origins