A Diachronic Study of Japanese-American Ethnic Identity

FAIN: FR-10234-78

Sydelle B. Levy
CUNY Research Foundation, Brooklyn College (Brooklyn, NY 11210-2850)

To study Japanese-Americans in order to learn the historical circumstances and structural conditions that promote or impede strong ethnic identity. This study of Japanese-Americans will provide a diachronic perspective and treat ethnic identity as a fluid and variable response to societal conditions and will attempt to understand how the ethnic tie changes over the generations and in different historic periods.