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Introduction: New Perspectives on the Studies of Asian American Folklores

Introduction: New Perspectives on the Studies of Asian American Folklores Juwen Zhang The ultimate goal of defining the differences between "us" and "them" is to achieve a harmony that preserves these differences. --Author's note The purpose of this special issue of the Journal of American Folklore (JAF) is to advocate, to the academic and public folklore sectors, that (1) the commonly classified "Asian Americans" (by the uS census) are to be recognized and acknowledged as diverse groups within and integral to the traditionally defined "American folk groups"; and (2) as such, their folklores are rightfully to be studied as legitimate fields of American folklore scholarship; and, subsequently, (3) relevant methodologies are to be developed to facilitate the study of the folklores of Asian American groups. Despite the fast-growing population and wide-ranging impact of Asian American groups in everyday life in the united States, efforts to acknowledge the rightful place of Asian American folklores within the field of American folklore are long overdue. The importance of recognizing Asian Americans as "folk groups" as legitimate as those groups traditionally defined in American folkloristics compels the authors herein first to define who the folk groups are and what constitutes their folklores in both a folkloristic context and an American social context, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of American Folklore American Folklore Society

Introduction: New Perspectives on the Studies of Asian American Folklores

Journal of American Folklore , Volume 128 (510) – Nov 12, 2015

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Abstract

Juwen Zhang The ultimate goal of defining the differences between "us" and "them" is to achieve a harmony that preserves these differences. --Author's note The purpose of this special issue of the Journal of American Folklore (JAF) is to advocate, to the academic and public folklore sectors, that (1) the commonly classified "Asian Americans" (by the uS census) are to be recognized and acknowledged as diverse groups within and integral to the traditionally defined "American folk groups"; and (2) as such, their folklores are rightfully to be studied as legitimate fields of American folklore scholarship; and, subsequently, (3) relevant methodologies are to be developed to facilitate the study of the folklores of Asian American groups. Despite the fast-growing population and wide-ranging impact of Asian American groups in everyday life in the united States, efforts to acknowledge the rightful place of Asian American folklores within the field of American folklore are long overdue. The importance of recognizing Asian Americans as "folk groups" as legitimate as those groups traditionally defined in American folkloristics compels the authors herein first to define who the folk groups are and what constitutes their folklores in both a folkloristic context and an American social context,

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Published: Nov 12, 2015

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