Nancy Abelmann

The Intimate University

Korean American Students and the Problems of Segregation

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Produktbeschreibung

Through an ethnographic study of Korean American students at the University of Illinois, Abelmann examines the subtleties of racial segregation in an environment that encourages diversity and multiculturalism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 163mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9780822345978
• ISBN-10: 0822345978
• Artikelnr.: 26497789

Autorenporträt

Nancy Abelmann is the Harry E. Preble Professor of Anthropology and Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
Part I: The Landscape
1. Here and There in Chicagoland Korean America 23
2. The Evangelical Challenge to College and Family 43
3. Shattered Liberal Dreams 66
Part II: Family
4. An (Anti-)Asian American Pre-med 87
5. Family versus Alma Mater 106
6. Intimate Traces 123
7. It's a Girl Thing 143
Conclusion 158
Notes 169
Bibliography 183
Index 195