AAS 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Acculturation, Biculturalism, Americanization

• School: CSUN
• Department: Asian American Studies
• Course: AAS 100
• Professor: Eunai Shrake

Document Summary

______________ marginalization separation: acculturation modes and american ideals. Acceptance | rejection from the host society (racism) Geographic location (ca, hi, vs mid-western states) Community construction (spatial assimilation: ethnic enclaves: ethnic community that contains a well- developed economic structure that operates through ethnic-racial dynamics, purpose: provide social | economic support, social. | cultural boundaries and a sense of identity (ethnic particular, panethnic: geographic location: early immigrants (west coast, Hawaii): 1st aa enclave -- 1760"s manila village in. Dfw, dc) ethnoburbs: a multiethnic suburban residential concentration of various aa groups with established ethnic institutional structures, which is different from traditionally segregated ethnic enclaves (san gabriel valley, daily city, cupertino) Power and safety in numbers, a lot of support. Economic activities of asian american: historical patterns of. Before 1965: concentrated at the bottom of the economic ladder (restricted to retailing, food service, menial service, agricultural labor) 1965 - mid 70"s: sizeable professional - managerial class professional immigrants (40% with ba)