Cambodian American Youth, Identity, and Schooling - Ethnographic Research

This book examines how Cambodian American high school youth reconcile stereotypes, identities, and school opportunities and the ways these factors impact academic achievement and well-being, through ethnographic research.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
1. FOBS and Orange Chicken
2. Ethnic Othering and Cambodian American Youth
3. Small Schools, Academic Hierarchies, and Cambodian American Identities
4. I'm Khmer and I'm not a Gangster!": The Problematization of Cambodian American Boys
5. Conclusions
References
Index

About the author

Vichet Chhuon, PhD, is Associate Professor of Culture and Teaching and Asian American Studies at the University of Minnesota.

Product details

• Authors: Vichet Chhuon, Vichet (University of Minnesota) Chhuon
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 27.06.2025
• EAN: 9781032991993
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3299199-3
• No. of pages: 88
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; Ethnic Studies, History, Sociology, Popular Culture, PSYCHOLOGY / Research & Methodology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Methodology, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Humanities, Social issues & processes, United States of America, USA, Social and cultural anthropology, Language teaching and learning, Social and ethical issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, Relating to Asian American people, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT), Research methods: general, Cambodian (Khmer), Cambodian;Ethnography;Asian-American;Youth culture