TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wang,Leslie Kim
TI  - Chasing the American Dream in China: Chinese Americans in the Ancestral Homeland 
T2  - Asian American Studies Today
SN  - 9780813599403
U1  - 951.004951073 
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - New Brunswick, NJ : 
PB  - Rutgers University Press, 
KW  - American Dream
KW  - Americans
KW  - China
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Chinese Americans
KW  - Ethnic identity
KW  - Immigrants
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - China, middle-class children of immigrants, middle-class children, American-born Chinese, American-born Chinese professionals, People’s Republic of China, global dominance, professional migrants, second-generation, ethnic homeland, highly educated, transnationalism, United States, Ancestral Homeland, belonging, American Dream, american, chinese, gendered experiences, american identity, identity, Chinese American, citizen, citizenship, race, ethnicity, racial identity, minority
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; 1. Introduction --; 2. Growing Up In-Between: Chinese American Identity and Belonging in the United States --; 3. Creating the “Non-American American Dream” Overseas: Strategic In-Betweenness in Action --; 4. Perpetually Chinese but Not Chinese Enough for China --; 5. “Leftover Women” and “Kings of the Candy Shop”: The Gendered Experiences of ABCs in the Ancestral Homeland --; 6. Conclusion --; Appendix: Research Methods --; Acknowledgments --; Notes --; References --; Index; restricted access
N2  - Few studies have highlighted the stories of middle-class children of immigrants who move to their ancestral homelands—countries with which they share cultural ties but haven’t necessarily had direct contact. Chasing the American Dream in China addresses this gap by examining the lives of highly educated American-born Chinese (ABC) professionals who “return” to the People’s Republic of China to build their careers. Analyzing the motivations and experiences of these individuals deepens our knowledge about transnationalism among the second-generation as they grapple with complex issues of identity and societal belonging in the ethnic homeland. This book demonstrates how these professional migrants maneuver between countries and cultures to further their careers and maximize opportunities in the rapidly changing global economy. When used strategically, the versatile nature of their ethnic identities positions them as indispensable bridges between the global superpowers of China and the United States in their competition for global dominance
UR  - https://doi.org/10.36019/9780813599403?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780813599403
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780813599403/original
ER  -