To Be an American
Immigration, Hyphenation, and Incorporation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8066724 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kay Deaux (0000-0002-9759-9341, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 925-943 |
| Publication date | 2008-11-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4537 • E-ISSN: 1540-4560 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2008.00596.x |
| OpenAlex | W2001658577 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 30 |
Central to many immigration debates in the United States, past and present, are questions about what it means to be an American. In this article, I address three forms of this question: (a) What is an immigrant? (b) What is an American? and (c) What is a hyphenated American. Answers to these questions can vary, depending upon whether one is taking the perspective of the observer/host or of the immigrant himself or herself. Data suggest that neither unidimensionality nor simple dichotomy are appropriate frames for analyzing national identity
Epistemology · Identity (music · Immigration · Observer (physics · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Sociology · Computer Science · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Artificial Intelligence · Law · Philosophy · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,88 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2025 (17) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |