Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
In the last decade, there have been so many changes in terms of Asians and Asian-Americans working in network television and the commercial cinema; this is a move that has been both unprecedented and inevitable, as it signals the ways in which television production has been atomized, with the advent of cable and the multiplicity … Read more
Kwong will talk about dramatic economic and political changes that have occurred within the Chinese community during the last twenty years and the challenges they have posed.
Workshop Schedule (Eleven Sessions) Date: March 26; April 2, 16, 23; May 7, 21, 28; June 4, 11, 18 & 25, 2004 Time: Fridays, 2:00PM to 4:00PM Place: 25 West 43rd Street, 18th Floor between 5th & 6th Avenue, Manhattan
Workshop Schedule (Eleven Sessions) Date: March 26; April 2, 16, 23; May 7, 21, 28; June 4, 11, 18 & 25, 2004 Time: Fridays, 2:00PM to 4:00PM Place: 25 West 43rd Street, 18th Floor between 5th & 6th Avenue, Manhattan
The lecture will focus on the cultural-psychological aspect of Asian Americans’ experiences. Both the international context for their early emigration and the American cultural environment for their acculturation process will be examined (adaptation = selective process vs. unconditional assimilation). The interrelatedness between the two larger contexts will be analyzed to interpret the behavioral patterns that … Read more
Heart disease is the leading cause of mortality for all Asian/Pacific Islander American groups in the United States. Epidemiological studies and mortality data provide evidence to support the growing concern about heart disease and its risk factors in Chinese Americans. The purpose of this survey research was to determine the usefulness of variables from psychosocial … Read more