Second-Generation Korean Experiences in the United States and Canada

Foreword by Yung Duk Kim Contributions by Neha Ahmed, Angie Y. Chung, Miliann Kang, Trivina Kang, ChangHwan Kim, Chigon Kim, Dae Young Kim, Il-Ho Kim, Nadia Y. Kim, Deborah Kim-Lu, Christine J. Oh, Sookhee Oh, Jerry Z. Park, Minjung Ryu Edited by Pyong Gap Min, Samuel Noh

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Publication date:

29 October 2014

Length of book:

268 pages

Publisher

Lexington Books

ISBN-13: 9781498503631

Second-Generation Korean Experiences in the United States and Canada, Pyong Gap Min and Samuel Noh have compiled a comprehensive examination of 1.5- and second-generation Korean experiences in the United States and Canada. As the chapters demonstrate, comparing younger-generation Koreans with first-generation immigrants highlights generational changes in many areas of life. The contributors discuss socioeconomic attainments, self-employment rates and business patterns, marital patterns, participation in electoral politics, ethnic insularity among Korean Protestants, the relationship between perceived discrimination and mental health, the role of ethnic identity as stress moderator, and responses to racial marginalization. Using both quantitative and qualitative data sources, this collection is unique in its examination of several different aspects of second-generation Korean experiences in the United States and Canada. An indispensable source for those scholars and students researching Korean Americans or Korean Canadians, the volume provides insight for students and scholars of minorities, migration, ethnicity and race, and identity formation.

Foreword, Yung Duk Kim
Introduction, Pyong Gap Min and Samuel Noh
Chapter 1: The Generational Differences in Socioeconomic Attainments of Korean Americans, ChangHwan Kim
Chapter 2: Intergenerational Shift in Business Patterns among Korean Americans, Pyong Gap Min and Deborah Kim-Lu
Chapter 3: Ethnic Insularity among 1.5- and Second-Generation Korean-American Protestants, Jerry Z. Park
Chapter 4: The Intergenerational Differences in Marital Patterns among Korean Americans, Pyong Gap Min and Chigon Kim
Chapter 5: Group Membership and Context of Participation in Electoral Politics among Korean, Chinese, and Filipino Americans, Sookhee Oh
Chapter 6: Perceived Discrimination and Mental Health in Korean-Canadian Youth: Salience of Ethnic Pride as a Moderator, Il-Ho Kim, Neha Ahmed, and Samuel Noh
Chapter 7: Psychological Effects of Discrimination among Korean-Canadian Youth: Role and Salience of Ethnic Identity as a Moderator, Samuel Noh, Il-Ho Kim, and Neha Ahmed
Chapter 8: Coping with Racialization: Second-Generation Korean-American Responses to Racial Othering, Dae Young Kim
Chapter 9: On Being a “Successful Failure”: Korean-American Students and the Structural-Cultural Paradox, Nadia Y. Kim and Christine J. Oh
Chapter 10: Reassessing the American Dream: Family, Culture and Educational “Success” among Korean and Chinese Americans, Angie Y. ChungandTrivina Kang
Chapter 11: Korean Immigrant High School Students’ Identities and Their Impact on School Learning, Minjung Ryu
Chapter 12: Are Second-Generation Korean-American Women Tiger Mothers? Strategic, Transnational, and Resistant Responses to Racialized Mothering, Miliann Kang

Bringing scholarship on the Korean-American and Korean-Canadian new second generation up to the level of that documenting other ethnic and nationality groups, Pyong Gap Min and Samuel Noh’s Second-Generation Korean Experiences in the United States and Canada is a groundbreaking volume. Its 13 chapters by leading scholars from multiple disciplines and perspectives examine numerous aspects of this group’s intergenerational adaptation including economic achievement, employment patterns, experience of racial discrimination, psychological well-being, co-ethnic involvement, voting behavior, religious participation and a host of other fascinating topics. In total, the book provides unprecedented insight into the experience of Koreans in North America. Required reading for scholars in social science, ethnic studies and international migration.