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- JewAsian: Race, Religion, and Identity for America's Newest Jews
- Book
- 2016
- Published by: University of Nebraska Press
- Series: Studies of Jews in Society
summary
In 2010 approximately 15 percent of all new marriages in the United States were between spouses of different racial, ethnic, or religious backgrounds, raising increasingly relevant questions regarding the multicultural identities of new spouses and their offspring. But while new census categories and a growing body of statistics provide data, they tell us little about the inner workings of day-to-day life for such couples and their children.
JewAsian is a qualitative examination of the intersection of race, religion, and ethnicity in the increasing number of households that are Jewish American and Asian American. Helen Kiyong Kim and Noah Samuel Leavitt’s book explores the larger social dimensions of intermarriages to explain how these particular unions reflect not only the identity of married individuals but also the communities to which they belong. Using in-depth interviews with couples and the children of Jewish American and Asian American marriages, Kim and Leavitt’s research sheds much-needed light on the everyday lives of these partnerships and how their children negotiate their own identities in the twenty-first century.
JewAsian is a qualitative examination of the intersection of race, religion, and ethnicity in the increasing number of households that are Jewish American and Asian American. Helen Kiyong Kim and Noah Samuel Leavitt’s book explores the larger social dimensions of intermarriages to explain how these particular unions reflect not only the identity of married individuals but also the communities to which they belong. Using in-depth interviews with couples and the children of Jewish American and Asian American marriages, Kim and Leavitt’s research sheds much-needed light on the everyday lives of these partnerships and how their children negotiate their own identities in the twenty-first century.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
- pp. i-viii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xix-xxiv
- 5. Love and Marriage
- pp. 73-104
- 6. What About the Kids?
- pp. 105-132
- 7. Looking Forward — Becoming JewAsian
- pp. 133-142
- References
- pp. 151-162
Additional Information
ISBN
9780803288713
Related ISBN(s)
9780803285651
MARC Record
OCLC
936257102
Pages
192
Launched on MUSE
2016-05-29
Language
English
Open Access
No