What it means to be a 'model minority': Voices of ethnic Koreans in Northeast China

Asian Ethnicity

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-67

  Gao, Fang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cultural superiority; Dual economic marginalization; Educational aspirations; Model minority; Social hierarchy

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749122878     PISSN: 14631369     EISSN: 14692953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14631360701803252     Document Type: Article

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