Monthly Archives: October 2024

Meghan Phadke’s dissertation, “Being and Belonging in America: Second-Generation Asian American Teachers’ Stories of Negotiating Identity and Culture,” explores negotiations of identity and culture within second-generation immigrants through the lens of second-generation Asian American elementary school teachers. Within Chapter 2, Phadke offers a brief history of immigration highlighting The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, …

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In chapter two of Huang’s thesis, Theory and Practice in the Traditional Chinese Music: Observations and Analysis, titled “The Essential Elements of Tonal Theory in Traditional Chinese Music”, Huang underscores how language, philosophical perspective, and geographic features play a role in the development of traditional Chinese music. The relationship between language and music within Chinese …

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Reflecting on my research so far, I think that my progress is coming along nicely. I’ve found a lot of helpful resources related my project including research on cultural identity, Chinese traditional music, and Chinese Philosophy. On the topic of cultural identity, I’ve found a that the theory of cultural adaptation and biculturalism is particularly insightful in helping …

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The book, Becoming Intercultural: An Integrative Theory of Communication and Cross-Cultural Adaptation, by Young Yun Kim, explores the Theory of Cross-Cultural Adaptation. Within the chapter, “Intercultural Transformation”, Kim discusses the concept of Intercultural Identity which she describes as “an acquired identity constructed after the early childhood enculturation process through the individual’s communicative interactions with a …

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