Overview
- Richly grounded in ethnographic data, it provides fundamental information on the identities and experiences of Asian American high school girls, an under-researched population
- Adopts an interdisciplinary, transcultural, and hybrid approach, using the “Western” concept of home and the “Japanese” concept of ibasho (a place of comfort, safety, and acceptance) to uncover sites of belonging
- Offers a new understanding of the roles of immigrant children and youth as agents of globalization and community builders who have the agency to construct belonging and identity
- Includes concrete suggestions and implications regarding how to develop effective programs and communities where immigrant youth can thrive
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“This book is an important contribution to literature on second-generation immigrant children’s liminality, acculturation, and identity formation in transnational social spaces. The theoretical and practical implications drawn from this study may also be applied to Japanese society and education, which are now facing increased ethnic diversities with the influx of immigrants. The book is highly recommended to anyone interested in how society and education can support immigrant youths’ construction of ibasho and empowerment.” (Misako Nukaga, Educational Studies in Japan, Issue 13, March, 2019)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
More recently, she has explored the possibilities of community engagement in empowering and supporting the creation of ibasho (places where one feels a sense of comfort, safety, and acceptance) for minority youth in Japan and the United States. She was awarded the 2013 Outstanding Dissertation Award from the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Special Interest Group: Research on the Education of Asian and Pacific Americans (REAPA), and the 2013 Presidential Early Career Fellowship from the Council on Anthropology and Education (CAE), a section of the American Anthropological Association (AAA). Her work has appeared in journals, including International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, Ethnography and Education, and Equity & Excellence in Education.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Learning to Belong in the World
Book Subtitle: An Ethnography of Asian American Girls
Authors: Tomoko Tokunaga
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8480-5
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-8478-2Published: 27 March 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4163-2Published: 09 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-8480-5Published: 15 March 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 156
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Topics: Sociology of Education, Gender Studies, Cultural Studies