Consuming Citizenship

Consuming Citizenship

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Park Lisa Sun-Hee
Stanford University Press
EAN: 9780804752473
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Consuming Citizenship investigates how Korean American and Chinese American children of entrepreneurial immigrants demonstrate their social citizenship as Americans through conspicuous consumption.

The American immigrant entrepreneur has played a central role in projecting the American ideology of meritocracy and equality. The children of these immigrants are seen as evidence of an open society. While it appears that these children have readily adapted to American culture, questions remain as to why second-generation Asian Americans feel compelled to convince others of their legitimacy and the way they go about asserting their citizenship status.

Extending our understanding of such children beyond the traditional emphasis on assimilation, the author argues that their consumptive behavior is a significant expression of their paradoxical position as citizens who straddle the boundaries of social inclusion and exclusion.

EAN 9780804752473
ISBN 0804752478
Binding Hardback
Publisher Stanford University Press
Publication date August 22, 2005
Pages 184
Language English
Dimensions 229 x 152
Country United States
Authors Park Lisa Sun-Hee
Illustrations 13 tables
Series Asian America