Second-Generation Korean Experiences in the United States and Canada

Pyong Gap Min is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and director of the Research Center for Korean Community at Queens College. Samuel Noh is professor of psychiatry at the University of Toronto, Research Scientist Emeritus at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and co-director of the Social Aetiology of Mental Illness (SAMI).

Bringing scholarship on the Korean-American and Korean-Canadian new second generation up to the level of that documenting other ethnic and nationality groups, Pyong Gap Min and Samuel Noh’s Second-Generation Korean Experiences in the United States and Canada is a groundbreaking volume. Its 13 chapters by leading scholars from multiple disciplines and perspectives examine numerous aspects of this group’s intergenerational adaptation including economic achievement, employment patterns, experience of racial discrimination, psychological well-being, co-ethnic involvement, voting behavior, religious participation and a host of other fascinating topics. In total, the book provides unprecedented insight into the experience of Koreans in North America. Required reading for scholars in social science, ethnic studies and international migration.

• Foreword, Yung Duk KimIntroduction, Pyong Gap Min and Samuel NohChapter 1: The Generational Differences in Socioeconomic Attainments of Korean Americans, ChangHwan KimChapter 2: Intergenerational Shift in Business Patterns among Korean Americans, Pyong Gap Min and Deborah Kim-LuChapter 3: Ethnic Insularity among 1.5- and Second-Generation Korean-American Protestants, Jerry Z. ParkChapter 4: The Intergenerational Differences in Marital Patterns among Korean Americans, Pyong Gap Min and Chigon KimChapter 5: Group Membership and Context of Participation in Electoral Politics among Korean, Chinese, and Filipino Americans, Sookhee OhChapter 6: Perceived Discrimination and Mental Health in Korean-Canadian Youth: Salience of Ethnic Pride as a Moderator, Il-Ho Kim, Neha Ahmed, and Samuel NohChapter 7: Psychological Effects of Discrimination among Korean-Canadian Youth: Role and Salience of Ethnic Identity as a Moderator, Samuel Noh, Il-Ho Kim, and Neha Ahmed Chapter 8: Coping with Racialization: Second-Generation Korean-American Responses to Racial Othering, Dae Young KimChapter 9: On Being a “Successful Failure”: Korean-American Students and the Structural-Cultural Paradox, Nadia Y. Kim and Christine J. OhChapter 10: Reassessing the American Dream: Family, Culture and Educational “Success” among Korean and Chinese Americans, Angie Y. ChungandTrivina KangChapter 11: Korean Immigrant High School Students’ Identities and Their Impact on School Learning, Minjung RyuChapter 12: Are Second-Generation Korean-American Women Tiger Mothers? Strategic, Transnational, and Resistant Responses to Racialized Mothering, Miliann Kang