Six research projects on late-generation ethnicity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2146672 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Herbert J Gans (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 799-803 |
| Publication date | 2014-04-16 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01419870.2014.882517 |
| OpenAlex | W2059207950 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The octet of commenters not having raised major criticisms, my response mostly draws on their comments to continue the ongoing discussion, and to suggest half a dozen sets of research projects and questions. I address these mainly to today's young researchers, since the most important and interesting questions about late-generation ethnicity can only be answered in the future.Keywords: ethnicitylate-generation ethnicityassimilationimmigration Notes1. Such a study could even be extended to one of the first American ethnic groups, the White Anglo-Saxon Protestants (WASPs), although many of their festivals and so on have long ago been transformed into national ceremonies, memorials and symbolic representations of the American state.2. The state of the political economy is almost always relevant. For example, researchers should remember that Portes and Zhou's segmented assimilation and my second-generation decline, with their pessimistic assessment of the economic future of the second generation, were published during the recession of the early 1990s. Conversely, the research for the optimistic findings of New York City's big second-generation study, by Kasinitz et al., was conducted during the economic boom at the end of that decade.3. Warner's name should be accompanied by an asterisk, since to the best of my knowledge, Warner and Srole's classic study was actually written by Leo Srole, a second-generation European Jew.I am obviously biased, but I consider myself mostly an outsider, since I have never studied the German Jewish community into which I was born. Thus, pace Steinberg, I am neither pessimistic nor optimistic about assimilation, but consider it one of the social forces studied by sociologists. Likewise, I do not think I cast what Steinberg calls 'a skeptical eye' on Park Forest Jewry's intense concern with maintaining their children's Jewish identity in the midst of their Christian neighbours. Nor do I see myself 'lampooning' the earnest efforts of second-generation Jewry - as of other second generations - to adapt some ethnic practices and objects to fit their by-then predominantly non-ethnic lifestyle
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| Citations per year | 0.22 |
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| Citation span | 2017 - 2021 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |