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Many dimensions of Asian American pan‐ethnicity

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ID8065072
AuthorsJess Lee (0000-0001-9741-221X, University of California, Berkeley, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume13
Issue12
Publication date2019-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociology Compass (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1751-9020 • E-ISSN: 1751-9020
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/soc4.12751
OpenAlexW2996039120
LanguageEN
Citations received26
References cited77

Asian Americans as a group consist of over 20 national origin groups with distinctive ethnicity, language, religion, cultural practices, immigration history, and perceptions of life in the United States. While “Asian American” has been interchangeably used to refer to both racial and pan‐ethnic grouping of individuals of Asian heritage, the exact meaning of the term varies contextually by one's ethnicity, experiences, and other social, structural, and cultural characteristics. In this article, I investigate three distinctive ways in which Asian Americans understand and enact upon their pan‐ethnicity: (a) as a political instrument, (b) as a social group identity, and (c) as a path of integration into the mainstream society. Then, I briefly discuss implications of pan‐ethnicity for Asian Americans, before turning to the discussion of ways in which future research could further investigate the complexities of pan‐ethnicity. I conclude by attempting to provide a nuanced definition of Asian American pan‐ethnicity based on the literature reviewed in this article

Aesthetics · Asian studies · China · Ethnic group · Ethnic history · Identity (music · Immigration · Mainstream · Meaning (existential · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research

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Citations per year4,33
Citation span2020 - 2026 (7)
Citation velocitycurrent
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