Consuming Citizenship investigates how Korean American and Chinese American children of entrepreneurial immigrants demonstrate their social citizenship as Americans through conspicuous consumption. The American immigrant entrepreneur has played a central role in projecting the American ideology of freedom and equality. The children of these immigrants are seen as evidence of an open society. While it appears that these children have readily adapted to American culture, questions remain as to why second-generation Asian Americans feel compelled to convince others of their legitimacy and the way they go about asserting their citizenship status. Extending our understanding of such children beyond the traditional emphasis on assimilation, the author argues that their consumptive behavior is a significant expression of their paradoxical position as citizens who taddle the boundaries of social inclusion and exclusion.
By:
Lisa Sun-Hee Park
Imprint: Stanford University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 11mm
Weight: 254g
ISBN: 9780804752480
ISBN 10: 0804752486
Series: Asian America
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 22 August 2005
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
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A / AS level
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Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
@fmct:Contents @toc4:List of Tables iii Acknowledgments iii @toc2:Chapter One Consumptive Citizenship 1 Chapter Two Minding the Family Store 000 Chapter Three Searching for a Normal Family 000 Chapter Four The Business in Children's Lives 000 Chapter Five The American Narrative of Asian Immigration 000 Chapter Six Consumption Fantasies of Upward Mobility 000 Chapter Seven Consumption, Democracy, and the Good Immigrant 000 @toc4:Appendices 000 Notes 000 References 000 Index 000
Lisa Sun-Hee Park is Assistant Professor in the Ethnic Studies Department and the Urban Studies and Planning Program at the University of California, San Diego. She is co-author of The Silicon Valley of Dreams: Environmental Injustice, Immigrant Workers, and the High-tech Global Economy (2002).
Reviews for Consuming Citizenship: Children of Asian Immigrant Entrepreneurs
Lisa Park's fascinating foray into the lives of Asian immigrant entrepreneurs' children is at once illuminating and inspiring. Based upon extensive interviews and careful research, Consuming Citizenship challenges superficial stereotypes and provides nuanced portraits. Written with verve, it is an indispensable text for understanding the new generation of Asian Americans. --John Lie,University of California, Berkeley
