Viewing the Asian American Experience Through a Culturally Centered Research Lens: Do Scholarship in Family Science and Related Disciplines Fall Short?

Fang, Shi-Ruei Sherry; McDowell, Teresa; Goldfarb, Katia Paz; MacDonald, Angella; Perumbilly, Seb; Gonzalez-Kruger, Gloria

doi:10.1080/01494920802185058

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“…Regardless, these findings are contrary to some racialized gender stereotypes regarding this interracial partnership (Pyke and Johnson 2003;Sue et al 2009). Research on Asian communities argues that there is a greater emphasis than among whites on filial piety and obligation, women's family roles, and putting others' needs above your own (Kamo 2000;Staples and Mirandé 1980;Xu and Lai 2002), although research on Asian American families remains quite limited (Fang et al 2008). The deinstitutionalization of marriage views marriage as a choice and a means of personal development (Cherlin 2004).…”

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confidence: 96%

Racial and Ethnic Homogamy and Gendered Time on Core Housework

Bolzendahl

Gubernskaya

2016

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Racial/ethnic partner homogamy may contribute to gendered patterns in time on housework. To evaluate this, we pool 10 years of data from the American Time Use Survey and examine how time spent on housework varies by racial/ethnic homogamy across racial/ethnic groups and by gender. Interracial partnerships are more gender equitable, due to women spending less time on housework than women in homogamous relationships. Patterns vary by race/ethnicity; homogamy effects are strongest for Hispanic women but are also significant for Asian women. Homogamy has no significant effect among black or white respondents. Descriptive patterns by partner’s race/ethnicity reflect findings on biculturalism.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 96%

Racial and Ethnic Homogamy and Gendered Time on Core Housework

Bolzendahl

Gubernskaya

2016

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“…Other literature represents one or two ethnic groups (Chhuon et al, 2010; Trieu, 2014), a single gender (Maramba, 2008) or generation status–for example, first generation immigrants (Tang et al, 2013) or the children of first generation immigrants (Louie, 2004). Fang et al (2008) identifies at least 28 Asian American ethnicities, and many of these groups are never included in research. Thus, my sample is deliberately ethnically diverse, consists of both women and men, and did not exclude undergraduates based on their generation status.…”

Section: Literature On Asian American Children Helping Their Parentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“It’s More Us Helping Them Instead of Them Helping Us”: How Class Disadvantage Motivates Asian American College Students to Help Their Parents

Harrington

2022

Journal of Family Issues

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While considerable attention has been given to the ways that parents contribute to undergraduates’ success, far less attention has been given to what these students do for their families, variation in students’ provision of help, or the consequences of giving. Drawing on 61 interviews with Asian American college students from diverse ethnic and class backgrounds, this paper extends conventional understanding of families and college by analyzing the financial assistance and translation support Asian American undergraduates give their parents. Using a trichotomous model of class—comparing disadvantaged, advantaged, and ambiguous students—I show that class disadvantage motivated students’ helping, advantage deterred it, while the ambiguous fell in between. Culture (i.e., filial piety) and a broad view of family (i.e., siblings’ contributions) also influenced students’ help. Finally, based on interview data combined with partial support from analysis of participants' grade point averages data, I demonstrate that helping had positive and negative implications for students’ college experience.

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“…We review relevant literature on the roles of family and community contexts and acculturation status on Asian Americans' educational achievement, gender, and psychological adjustment and mental health issues. Despite the growing Asian American populations in the United States, research on Asian American families remains limited, and not all ethnic subgroups are represented in research studies (Fang et al, ). Even when Asian American families are studied, most of the research, drawing on survey methods, has focused on the racial group as an aggregate without making ethnic distinctions.…”

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Impacts of the Model Minority Myth on Asian American Individuals and Families: Social Justice and Critical Race Feminist Perspectives

Shih

Chang

Chen

2019

J of Family Theo & Revie

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Asian Americans have been portrayed as the model minority for seemingly having achieved socioeconomic success and being free of problems. Such stereotypes may have lasting and negative impact on Asian American individuals, families, and communities. Utilizing the social justice framework and critical race feminist theory, we interrogate and problematize the model minority stereotype and its impacts by situating Asian Americans in the Black‐and‐White racial hierarchy, offering a brief history of the term, providing disaggregated statistics on Asian Americans' socioeconomic conditions, reviewing recent literature on Asian Americans and their families, and discussing some consequences that this myth generates. We focus on the roles of family and community contexts and acculturation status on Asian Americans' educational achievement, gender, and psychological adjustment and mental health issues. Our review illustrates the diversity and nuance in Asian Americans' educational, psychological, social, and economic outcomes. We conclude with some recommendations for professionals working with Asian Americans.

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Viewing the Asian American Experience Through a Culturally Centered Research Lens: Do Scholarship in Family Science and Related Disciplines Fall Short?

Cited by 6 publications

References 37 publications

Racial and Ethnic Homogamy and Gendered Time on Core Housework

Racial and Ethnic Homogamy and Gendered Time on Core Housework

“It’s More Us Helping Them Instead of Them Helping Us”: How Class Disadvantage Motivates Asian American College Students to Help Their Parents

Impacts of the Model Minority Myth on Asian American Individuals and Families: Social Justice and Critical Race Feminist Perspectives

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