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Chang-Rae Lee's A Gesture Lite: The Recuperation Of Identity, Matthew Miller Jan 2009

Chang-Rae Lee's A Gesture Lite: The Recuperation Of Identity, Matthew Miller

Ethnic Studies Review

In Chang-rae Lee's A Gesture Life, the elderly, wellrespected and fastidious Franklin "Doc" Hata begins an introspective journey toward a revitalized and reimagined identity. For Lee, this journey affords the chance to address ethnicity and immigration under a unique transnational context. The novel chronicles how an identity can be recuperated (i.e., healed) through personal and cultural reconnections to the body and to memory. I purposefully use the word "recuperate" in both the traditional and theoretical senses. "Recuperation" results from Hata's moving back into his past to grow forward in self. Simultaneously, he "heals" his self, physically and psychologically, from various …


Testing A Multiple Mediation Model Of Asian American College Students’ Willingness To See A Counselor, Paul Youngbin Kim, Irene J. K. Park Jan 2009

Testing A Multiple Mediation Model Of Asian American College Students’ Willingness To See A Counselor, Paul Youngbin Kim, Irene J. K. Park

SPU Works

Adapting the theory of reasoned action (TRA), the present study examined help-seeking beliefs, attitudes, and intent among Asian American college students (N = 110). A multiple mediation model was tested to see if the relation between Asian values and willingness to see a counselor was mediated by attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help and subjective norm. A bootstrapping procedure was used to test the multiple mediation model. Results indicated that subjective norm was the sole significant mediator of the effect of Asian values on willingness to see a counselor. The findings highlight the importance of social influences on help-seeking …


Sexual Harassment In The Lives Of Women Of Color, Nicole T. Buchanan, Carolyn M. West Dec 2008

Sexual Harassment In The Lives Of Women Of Color, Nicole T. Buchanan, Carolyn M. West

Carolyn M. West

The purpose of this chapter is to review sexual harassment research as it pertains to Women of Color in the United States. We first review the legal, behavioral, and psychological definitions of sexual harassment and then examine the research on racial/ethnic differences in the frequency, perceptions, psychological consequences, and coping strategies related to sexual harassment among African American, Latina, and Asian American women. Finally, we conclude with suggestions for future research.