{"product_id":"straight-as-asian-american-college-students-in-their-own-words-hardback-9781478000105","title":"Straight a's; Asian American College Students in Their Own Words (Hardback) 9781478000105","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eStraight a's\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAsian American College Students in Their Own Words\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eChristine R. Yano (Edited by), Neal K. Adolph Akatsuka (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781478000105\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 27 August 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e248 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.499 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Offers powerful insights into what today’s Asian American students may feel, perceive, and experience within their circles and communities.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Raymond Pun (Booklist) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Offers fascinating insights into the nature of academic achievement and the American Dream.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Matthew Reisz (Times Higher Education) \u003cdiv\u003e\"The book is a great preliminary text for those interested in Asian American studies and higher education experiences. This is especially true for Asian Americans who are interested in unpacking the complications related to attending college. Overall, the text serves as a way to uplift seldom heard voices and use them to open larger conversations.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Reuben B. Deleon (Journal of Asian American Studies)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe American Dream of success for many Asian Americans includes the highest levels of education. But what does it mean to live that success? In \u003ci\u003eStraight A’s\u003c\/i\u003e Asian American students at Harvard reflect on their common experiences with discrimination, immigrant communities, their relationships to their Asian heritage, and their place in the university. They also explore the difficulties of living up to family expectations and the real-world effects of the \"model minority\" stereotype. While many of the issues they face are familiar to a wide swath of college students, their examinations of race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality, and culture directly speak to the Asian American experience in U.S. higher education. Unique and revealing, intimate and unreserved, \u003ci\u003eStraight A’s\u003c\/i\u003e furthers the conversation about immigrant histories, racial and ethnic stereotypes, and multiculturalism in contemporary American society.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52591025881368,"sku":"9781478000105","price":75.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/straight-as-asian-american-college-students-in-their-own-words-hardback-9781478000105","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}