Recommended Readings

  • Chou, Rosalind, & Feagin, Joe. 2008. The Myth of the Model Minority: Asian Americans Facing Racism. Boulder, CO: Paradigm.

    • Based on in-depth interviews and a comprehensive analysis of Asian Americans, including an analysis of the model minority image

  • Espiritu, Yen. 2007. Asian American Women and Men: Labor, Laws, and Love (The Gender Lens) (2nd ed.). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

    • Analyzes the intersections of race, class, and gender among Asian Americans

  • Kitano, Harry, & Daniels, Roger. 2001. Asian Americans: Emerging Minorities (3rd ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

  •          Min, Pyong Gap (Ed.). 2006. Asian Americans: Contemporary Trends and Issues (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

    • Two good overviews of the Asian American groups covered in this chapter

  • Tuan, Mia. 2005. Forever Foreigners or Honorary Whites? New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.

    •  A penetrating account of the continuing anti-Asian racism and discrimination

  • Zhou, Min. 1992. Chinatown. Philadelphia: Temple University Press

    • An excellent analysis of Chinatown, with a behind-the-scenes look at the realities often hidden from outsiders