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Placing Asian American Child Development Within Historical Context
Author(s) -
Kiang Lisa,
Tseng Vivian,
Yip Tiffany
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/cdev.12578
Subject(s) - oppression , context (archaeology) , ethnic group , gender studies , african descent , psychology , race (biology) , child development , asian americans , sociology , history , anthropology , developmental psychology , politics , political science , law , archaeology
This article discusses influences of historical time and place on the development of children and youth of Asian descent in the U.S. Chinese, Indian, Hmong, and Filipino American experiences illustrate how history has defined race and racial stereotypes, determined cultural and community contexts, established pre‐/postmigration circumstances, and influenced oppression and discrimination. Cross‐cutting issues as applied to other ethnicities are discussed. By recognizing history's reach on child development, this article intends to inspire others to acknowledge and consider historical influences in their work. It also lays a foundation for the two ensuing articles within this Special Section, which present a novel conceptual framework (Mistry et al., this volume) and methodological recommendations (Yoshikawa, Mistry, & Wang, this volume) for research.