Keywords for Asian American Studies

In Asian American studies, the term "adoption" is becoming increasingly important to clarify the population of Asian Americans, cultural expression, contemporary problems, and the breadth and depth of history I will. From the late 20th century to the beginning of the 21st century, seeing Asian children with white American parents has become a new social norm. Between 1971 and 2001, American citizens adopted 265,677 children from other countries, more than half of them came from Asian countries. In 2000 and 2001, China was the main contributor to the adoption of children to the United States. Korea, Vietnam, India, Cambodia, Philippines are among the top 20 countries (Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute 2013). Therefore, the terms "international recruitment", "international recruitment" and "international recruitment" are used to describe the global aspects of adoption in Asia in the United States (Volkman 2005; Eleana Kim 2010).

Suitably, the publication of 'Asian American Research Keywords' is the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II; the history of Asian-American history, including the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act Consistent with the anniversary. Like the "voting right" in 1965, it is the 10th anniversary, and the 40th anniversary of the "closing" of the Vietnam War. "This interdisciplinary project is a combination of cultural research, humanities and social science research, and has been making remarkable academic growth in Asian American studies from the beginning, including basic books in this field And this series will influence the trajectory of the research of new generation scholars and students. "

Linda Trinh Võ, Associate Professor of Asian American Studies, Director of Vietnamese American Oral History Program, Chairman of the National Asian American Studies Association, Co-editor of Asian American Research Keywords (New York University Press, 2015) The most complete technical term in the United States is studying complex, interdisciplinary and often changing meaning. "Asian American research keyword" announced earlier this month included 61 papers, each of them centered on importance. Three teachers from the Department of American Studies at the University of California at Irvine wrote the paper for this book.

The key words included in this series are at the center of the social sciences, humanities, and cultural studies and reflect how Asian Americans change academic changes, research subjects, and educational frameworks. Asian-American research keywords reconsider and re-adjust the ever-changing boundaries of Asian American studies clearly as interdisciplinary fields across multiple histories, numerous population movements, different demographics. "The keywords of Asian-American research are extraordinary amounts, an essential contribution to Asian-American research and interdisciplinary scholarship.