Synopses & Reviews
A massive wave of immigration is sweeping across America. How do new immigrants, specifically Koreans in New York, assimilate? This book fills the gap of knowledge and answers this thought-provoking question. This book studies Korean immigrants in New York and how they have maintained traditional family values since coming to the US and the ways in which these values have changed. The increased economic role in women is discussed in-depth, as well as how this new role has affected marital relations, the socialization of children, and family ties. Sociologists and anthropologists. Part of the New Immigrants Series.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-133).
Table of Contents
1.Changes and Conflicts in Family Life.
2.The Korean Community in New York.
3.Confucianism and the Korean Family System.
4.Marital Relations.
5.Child Care and Child Socialization.
6.Adjustment among the Elderly.
7.Transnational Kin and Family Ties.
8.Continuity and Change among Korean Immigrants.
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