Blue Dreams: Korean Americans and the Los Angeles Riots
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (803 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0674077059 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Lee Los Angeles Times)An informed and thoughtful examination of Korean immigration to the United States since 1970Abelmann and Lie show that even in a period as short as twenty-five years, there have been successive waves of differently motivated, differently resourced Korean immigrants, and their experiences and reactions have differed accordingly. (Michael Tonry Times Literary Supplement)The authors' transnational perspective is particularly effective for explicating Korean immigrants' behaviors, activities, and feelingsInteresting and readable. (Eugene C. Blue Dreams--a poetic allusion to the clear blue sky
Combining interviews and deft socio-historical analysis, Blue Dreams gives these problems a human face and at the same time clarifies the historical, political, and economic factors that render them so complex. Their work finally shows us in sharp relief and moving detail a community that, despite the blinding media focus brought to bear during the riots, has nonetheless remained largely silent and effectively invisible. No one will soon forget the image, blazed across the airwaves, of armed Korean Americans taking to the rooftops as their businesses went up in flames during the Los Angeles riots. Why Korean Americans? What stoked the wrath the riots unleashed against them? Blue Dreams is the
Nancy Abelmann is Henry E. . Preble Professor of Anthropology, Asian American Studies, and East Asian Languages & Cultures at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.John Lie is Class of 1959 Professor and Dean of International and Area Studies at the University of California, Berkeley
A Customer said Great research tool, pleasure reading. I first read this book as part of research for a paper, but I would recommend it to those who are looking to gain more information about what really happened in the 9"Great research tool, pleasure reading" according to A Customer. I first read this book as part of research for a paper, but I would recommend it to those who are looking to gain more information about what really happened in the 92 LA riots, from the perspective that was neglected at the time.. LA riots, from the perspective that was neglected at the time.. Turgid and slow A Customer Researching the history of race relations between Korean Americans and other groups, I purchased this book because of its subject matter. Although it describes some key events in the LA riots of the early '90's, the writing leaves a great deal to be desired and the authors' thesis is not well-argued.