Mental Health among Taiwanese Americans: Gender, Immigration, and Transnational Struggles
Department
Sociology
Document Type
Book
Files
Description
Gu examines how Taiwanese Americans' immigration background, gender, and relations in the family and workplace affect their mental health. She argues that Taiwanese Americans' experience of distress is not only gendered but also transnational. Men's and women's experiences differ, and transnational culture influences how they interpret their worlds. While work situations frustrate men, family life bothers women. Their identities are multiple and fluid, and they struggle with their American-ness and Chinese-ness in everyday life. Men feel excluded by the majority culture in the workplace because they are "too Chinese." Women, in contrast, wonder if they should follow Chinese or American norms in dealing with their families.
Call number in WMU's library
E184.T35 G8 2006 (Waldo Library, WMU Authors Collection, First Floor)
ISBN
978-1593321307
Publication Date
2006
Disciplines
Gender and Sexuality | Place and Environment | Sociology of Culture
Citation for published book
Gu, Chien-Juh. Mental Health among Taiwanese Americans: Gender, Immigration, and Transnational Struggles. New York: LFB Scholarly Pub, 2006
Recommended Citation
Gu, Chien-Juh, "Mental Health among Taiwanese Americans: Gender, Immigration, and Transnational Struggles" (2006). All Books and Monographs by WMU Authors. 179.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/books/179