Generations of Korean Americans’ Transnational Identity

Stories from four college students

Bibliographic Data

ID7809573
AuthorsSoojin Ahn (0000-0003-1265-4311)
Year2020
Volume22
Issue1
Pages16-34
Publication date2020-04-11
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Multicultural Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1934-5267 • E-ISSN: 1934-5267
PublisherEastern University (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.18251/ijme.v22i1.1961
OpenAlexW3016193405
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited5

This study explores 1.5-generation Korean Americans’ perception of their identity in the southeastern region of the United States. The study focuses on four college students who immigrated during the middle of their childhood. Data were gathered during a semi-structured interview and were analyzed through a thematic analysis. Informed by a poststructuralist perspective on identity, 1.5-generation immigrants were found to have hybrid ethnic, linguistic, and cultural identities in citizenship status, language choices, and local-base transnational communities. The findings offer implications for educators to understand how immigrant students situate themselves as well as practice literacy differently in specific transnational contexts

Citizenship · Ethnic group · Identity (music · Immigration · Literacy · Pedagogy · Perception · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Qualitative research · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Anthropology · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Gender Studies

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