A Postmodern Psychology of Asian Americans: Creating Knowledge of a Racial Minority (Alternatives in Psychology) - Couverture souple

Uba, Laura

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ISBN 10 : 0791452964 ISBN 13 : 9780791452967

Editeur : State University of New York Press, 2002

Synopsis

Challenges existing paradigms of knowledge as they relate to Asian Americans.

Focusing on race, culture, acculturation, ethnicity, and ethnic identity-concepts commonly used to account for the behaviors of Asian Americans and other minorities-A Postmodern Psychology of Asian Americans examines the effects of modern psychology's epistemological and ontological premises on its investigative methods and concepts. Author Laura Uba looks at the social creation of psychological facts, including portrayals of ethnic and racial groups, and demonstrates, especially in ways pertinent to the study of minorities, that modern psychology needs to reconsider its ways of thinking about study samples, investigative methods, facts, and concepts used to describe and explain behaviors.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Laura Uba is a lecturer at California State University, Northridge. She is the author of Asian Americans: Personality Patterns, Identity, and Mental Health and coauthor, with Karen Huang, of Psychology.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: State University of New York Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0791452964
• ISBN 13: 9780791452967
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 214
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• Personne responsable: non disponible