Diversity in Diaspora : : Hmong Americans in the Twenty-First Century /

Diversity in Diaspora : : Hmong Americans in the Twenty-First Century / / ed. by Mark Edward Pfeifer, Kou Yang, Monica Chiu.

This anthology wrestles with Hmong Americans' inclusion into and contributions to Asian American studies, as well as to American history and culture and refugee, immigrant, and diasporic trajectories. It negotiates both Hmong American political and cultural citizenship, meticulously rewriting t...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
MitwirkendeR:
Cha, Dia,
Chiu, Monica,
Doherty, Steven,
Gerdner, Linda A.,
Hein, Jeremy,
Lor, Pa Nhia,
Ngo, Bic,
Pfeifer, Mark Edward,
Poss, Nicholas,
Wong, Carolyn,
Xiong, Yang Sao,
Yang, Kou,
HerausgeberIn:
Chiu, Monica,
Pfeifer, Mark Edward,
Yang, Kou,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (312 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Notes
  • References Cited
  • Part I. Hmong Social and Political Adaptation in the United States
  • 1. The American Experience of The Hmong: A Historical Review Kou Yang
  • 2. Hmong Americans: A Demographic Portrait
  • 3. An Analysis of Poverty in Hmong American Communities
  • 4. Civic Values and Political Engagement in Two Hmong American Communities
  • 5. Electoral Participation in the Hmong American Community: an Initial Analysis
  • Part II. Intersections of Hmong Identity With Gender and Age
  • 6. Great Expectations: The Struggles of Hmong American High School Boys
  • 7. Women in the Hmong Diaspora
  • 8. Hmong Americans: The Conceptualization and Experience of Aging in the United States
  • Part III. Hmong Arts and Literature
  • 9. The Double Diaspora: China and Laos in the Folklore of Hmong American Refugees
  • 10. "Reharmonizing" the Generations: Rap, Poetry, and Hmong Oral Tradition
  • 11. Haunting and Inhabitation in Yang's Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir
  • 12. Hmong American Studies: A Bibliographic Essay
  • Contributors
  • Index

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