{"product_id":"9781581120806","title":"The Voices Of Amerasians","description":"Abstract:  Amerasians are persons of American and Asian ethnic heritage who have appeared as a group mainly in the past forty years.  Beginning with the massive involvement of the United States in the Occupation of Japan, thousands of Amerasians have been  born from Japan to Vietnam.  In the U.S. they are the children of approximately eighty thousand American\/Asian couples who  have come here since that time.\u003cbr\u003e    This study sought to examine the lives of Amerasians in the United States.  The primary research questions centered around  finding the nature of Amerasian issues and concerns which are encountered in growing up in the U.S.  How Amerasians attempted  to resolve these issues and concerns was a major focus of the thesis.\u003cbr\u003e    Data was analyzed for themes using grounded theory.  Themes of early experience were family issues, race and culture,  assimilation, and difference and isolation.  These themes articulate concerns of childhood and adolescence around being from  an international, interracial, and intercultural family.  Racial experiences and cultural differences were identified as  formative and respondents describe their attempts at dealing with often confusing and painful feelings and experiences.\u003cbr\u003e    The themes express both joys and sorrows of their lives as Amerasians.  Resolutions are not final solutions, but part of the  process of their struggles for empowerment and healing for self and society.  The data is analyzed for its contribution to  understanding issues of ethnicity and identity in the face of the emerging presence of interracial and intercultural families  in Asian American communities.  The lives of Amerasians are explored for their messages concerning the development of unique  forms of racial and cultural expression.\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Universal-Publishers.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030836199664,"sku":"9781581120806","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781581120806_p0.jpg?v=1763799187","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781581120806","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}