Youth gangs, racism, and schooling : : Vietnamese American youth in a postcolonial context / / Kevin D. Lam.

"Youth Gangs, Racism, and Schooling examines Vietnamese American youth gang formation in Southern California, with an emphasis on the experiences of those heavily involved in the 1990s. Lam traces the genealogy of the Vietnamese American youth gang phenomenon as part of the conflict in Southeas...

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Superior document:Postcolonial studies in education
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Palgrave Macmillan,, 2015.
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Palgrave Macmillan's postcolonial studies in education.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (205 pages)
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  • 1. Vietnamese and US Empire 2. Critical Theories of Racism and Asian American Identities: A Materialist Critique 3. "Theater of the Oppressed": Vietnamese and Asian American Youth Violence 4. "No One is Looking Into Our Shit!": Vietnamese American Youth Gang Narratives 5.Analysis and Synthesis 6.Toward a Pedagogy of the Dispossessed.