A Case of Mutual Exclusion: Portrayals by Immigrant and American-Born Chinese of Each Other in Literature.

Hom, Marlon K.

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Publication Date: 1984

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A Case of Mutual Exclusion: Portrayals by Immigrant and American-Born Chinese of Each Other in Literature.

Hom, Marlon K.

Amerasia Journal, v11 n2 p29-45 Fall-Win 1984

Examines literary works by first-generation Chinese immigrants and Chinese Americans. Reports that each group has been critical in its portrayals of the other, especially when some direct interaction between the two groups is depicted. Asserts that this literature has shown how ethnocentrism has divided the Chinese in America. (KH)

Descriptors: Acculturation, Asian Americans, Chinese Americans, Cultural Images, Ethnic Groups, Ethnic Relations, Ethnic Stereotypes, Ethnicity, Group Unity, Immigrants, Literature, Social Integration

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - General

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Language: English

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