Ethnicity and Inequality in Hawai'i

Klappentext Challenges the misconception of Hawai'i as a racial paradise by analyzing how ethnic inequality is maintained among its constituent groups Zusammenfassung Challenging the dominant view of Hawai'i as a "melting pot paradise" - a place of ethnic tolerance and equality - this title examines how ethnic inequality is structured and maintained in island society. It finds that ethnicity, not race or class, signifies difference for Hawai'i's people and therefore structures their social relations. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction; 2: Changing Ethnic Differences; 3: Socioeconomic Inequality and Ethnicity; 4: Educational Inequality and Ethnicity; 5: Constructing Ethnic Identities! Constructing Differences; 6: Japanese Americans: Toward Symbolic Identity; 7: Filipino Americans: Model Minority or Dogeaters?; 8: Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Y. Okamura
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.04.2008
• EAN: 9781592137558
• ISBN: 978-1-59213-755-8
• No. of pages: 238
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Asian American History & Cultu; Asian American History & Cultu
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Anthropologie, Hawaii (Inseln)