Unveiling the Socioculturally Constructed Multivoiced Self: Themes of Self Construction and Self Integration in the Narratives of Second-Generation Korean American Young Adults

by Steve S. Kang

Overview

This study seeks to understand the multiplicity of internalized voices, authorities, and values operating in second-generation Korean America young adults' lives as they engage in the project of self. The research methodologies employed were primarily ethnographic interviews, literature reviews, and participant observation. Two research questions guided the study. First, what are the young adults' internalized voices, authorities, and values, and how is this internalized multiplicity manifested in their lives and in their narrations of self? Second, how does the church affect the self and function as an internalized theme?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761824503
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	12/28/2002
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	5.42(w) x 8.58(h) x 0.74(d)

About the Author

S. Steven Kang is Assistant Professor of Christian Formation and Ministry, Wheaton College, Illinois.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 List of Figures Chapter 2 List of Tables Chapter 3 Preface Chapter 4 Acknowledgements Chapter 5 Introduction Chapter 6 The Socioculturally Constructed Multivoiced Self Chapter 7 Reflections of Methodology Chapter 8 A Portrait of Americans of Korean Descent Chapter 9 The Second-Generation Korean American Experience in the Context of the Asian American Experience Chapter 10 An Inside Look at the Second-Generation in the Context of the Korean American Family Chapter 11 The Present Lives of Second-Generation Korean Americans Chapter 12 View of the Korean American Church Chapter 13 Implications for the Self and Christian Education in the Korean American Church Chapter 14 Appendix Chapter 15 Bibliography Chapter 16 Index