Imperialism, immigration and identity : deterministic and symbolic violence in the southeast Asian American novel. by He, Tanya Siying.

“…The main aim of this paper is to join the long-term debate within the field of Asian American studies, on how Asia is defined in the Asian-American context as the field continually renews itself in response to changing patterns of Asian immigration to the United States, by focusing on Southeast Asian-American literature. …”
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Standing in the glory or shadow of the past self : cultures differ in how much the past self affects current subjective well-being by Kim, Young-Hoon, Cai, Huajian, Gilliland, Matthew, Chiu, Chi-yue, Xia, Stephen, Tam, Kim-Pong

“…However, positive evaluations of the past self were accompanied by higher subjective well-being only among Asian Americans. Study 2 showed that when induced to think positively (vs. negatively) of the present self, both European and Asian Americans judged their current lives more favorably. …”
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