Postmodern Psychology of Asian Americans

Laura Uba is a lecturer at California State University, Northridge. She is the author of Asian Americans: Personality Patterns, Identity, and Mental Health and coauthor, with Karen Huang, of Psychology.

"…probes researchers' power to create and limit reality and provides moving narratives illustrating the knowledge obtained by hearing the voices, and perspectives, of study participants themselves. Uba's arguments are compelling." — CHOICE"Laura Uba writes with a grace and passion that engages the reader in a way that challenges our existing paradigms of understanding knowledge as it pertains to Asian Americans. She convincingly describes how the Enlightenment view of science was born in a context of viewing Euro-Americans as 'normal' and ethnic minority groups as 'other,' and how this attitudinal perspective has shaped scientific method and theory of 'other.' Uba offers numerous examples that help explain complex constructs." — Christine J. Yeh, Teachers College, Columbia University"This book is very significant and may lead to the evelopment of new methods and areas of study for Asian Americans." — Gayle Y. Iwamasa, University of Indianapolis

• Illustrations Preface 1. Modernist Epistemology 2. Postmodernism 3. Privileged Methodological Texts and Narratives 4. Construction of Race and Culture 5. Acculturation and Assimilation 6. Ethnicity and Identity 7. Conclusion Appendix A: Traditional Types of Psychological Studies Appendix B: Deconstructing in the Classroom Notes References Name Index Subject Index