Voices of the heart : Asian American women on immigration, work, and family /

Voices of the heart : Asian American women on immigration, work, and family /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Ling, Huping, 1956-
Imprint:	[Kirksville, Mo.] : Truman State University Press, ©2007.
Description:	1 online resource (xxxvii, 385 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Asian American women -- Middle West -- Social conditions -- Anecdotes. Asian American women -- Middle West -- Biography -- Anecdotes. Women immigrants -- Middle West -- Biography -- Anecdotes. Asian American women -- Employment -- Middle West -- Anecdotes. Acculturation -- Middle West -- Anecdotes. Families -- Middle West -- Anecdotes. Oral history. Acculturation. Asian American women. Asian American women -- Employment. Asian American women -- Social conditions. Ethnic relations. Families. Oral history. Social conditions Women immigrants. Middle West -- Ethnic relations -- Anecdotes. Middle West -- Biography -- Anecdotes. Middle West -- Social conditions -- Anecdotes. Middle West. Electronic books. Biographies. Anecdotes.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11133391

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ISBN:	9781935503897 1935503898 9781931112680 1931112681
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Other form:	Print version: Ling, Huping, 1956- Voices of the heart. [Kirksville, Mo.] : Truman State University Press, ©2007 9781931112680

Table of Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgments
A historical review and synthesis of Asian American women
pt. 1. Chinese
1. The first America-born women
2. Foreign-born women in professional fields
3. Interracial marriage
4. Attaining education
pt. 2. Filipinas
5. Immigrant women at work
6. Filipinas in the health industry
7. The younger generation : defining identity
8. Interracial marriage
pt. 3. Japanese
9. The concentration camp experience
10. Interracial marriage and immigrant women in professional fields
11. Attaining education
pt. 4. Koreans
12. Adoptees
13. Life of immigrant women
14. Interracial marriage
15. Generational conflict
pt. 5. Asian Indians and Pakistanis
16. At home and preserving traditions
17. Foreign-born women in professional fields
18. Factory work and the hotel business
19. Attaining education
pt. 6. Vietnamese, Laotians, Hmong, and Thai
20. The refugee experience
21. Vietnamese adoptees
22. Interracial marriage
23. Generational and cultural conflict
The Asian American mosaic
About the author
Works cited
Index.