Solving the Mystery of the Model Minority: The Journey of Asian Americans in America - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1516523067 ISBN 13: 9781516523061

Publisher: Cognella Academic Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

Solving the Mystery of the Model Minority: The Journey of Asian Americans in America introduces students to current debates surrounding the concept of model minority and its relation to the greater Asian American experience.

The book defines the term model minority, examines who is against it, who is for it, and why they feel the way they do, all of which brings to light profound disagreements regarding Asian American identity, as well as the meaning and fate of American democracy.

The text uses two comparative perspectives to examine Asian American experiences and, in doing so, explores not only the similarities and differences between Asian Americans and other racial groups, but also the similarities and differences within Asian American ethnic groups. Through learning about the complexities of the Asian American experience, students will better understand the concept of the model minority and the role it plays in shaping and defining that experience.

Timely and interdisciplinary in subject matter, Solving the Mystery of the Model Minority is well suited for ethnic studies, political science, sociology, cultural studies, and Asian studies courses.

Baodong Liu holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of New Orleans. He is an associate professor of political science at the University of Utah, where his research and teaching interests include urban and racial politics, voting and elections, and quantitative research methods. Dr. Liu is the author of The Election of Barack Obama: How He Won and Race Rules: Electoral Politics in New Orleans, 1965 - 2006.

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Review:

"In Solving the Mystery of the Model Minority: The Journey of Asian Americans in America, Dr. Baodong Liu has written an extensive interdisciplinary analysis of the Asian American experience in America. This book will be useful in Ethnic Studies, History, Sociology, Political Science, and other academic courses. It covers a wide array of topics relating to Asian American life and culture including assimilation, civic engagement, discrimination, education, interracial relations, and political participation. This is an outstanding book that makes an immense contribution to the literature on Asian Americans."
Dr. Sharon D. Wright Austin, Professor of Political Science, Director of African American Studies, The University of Florida

About this edition

• Publisher: Cognella Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1516523067
• ISBN 13: 9781516523061
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 282
• Editor: Liu Baodong