Laotian Daughters - Working toward Community, Belonging, and Environmental Justice

How environmental activism in youth shapes political engagement and citizenship for Laotian American women

Inhaltsverzeichnis

 Acknowledgments

 

1 “Where We Live, Where We Work, Where We Play, Where We Learn”: The Asian Pacific Environmental Network

 

2 From Agent Orange to Superfund Sites to Anti-immigrant Sentiments: Multiple Voyages, Ongoing Challenges

 

3 New Immigration and the American Nation: A Framework for Citizenship and Belonging

 

4 The Politics of Race: Political Identity and the Struggle for Social Rights

 

5 Negotiating Racial Hierarchies: Critical Incorporation, Immigrant Ideology, and Interminority Relations

 

6 Family, Culture, Gender: Narratives of Ethnic Reconstruction

 

7 Building Community, Crafting Belonging in Multiple Homes

 

8 Becoming “American”: Remaking American National Identity through Environmental Justice Activism

 

APPENDIX Socio-demographic Information on Second-Generation Laotians Who Participated in the Study

 

Notes

References

Index

 

Zusammenfassung

How environmental activism in youth shapes political engagement and citizenship for Laotian American women

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Bindi V Shah, Bindi V. Shah
• Verlag: Univ of Chicago Behalf of Temple Univ Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 02.12.2011
• EAN: 9781439908150
• ISBN: 978-1-4399-0815-0
• Seiten: 216
• Abmessung: 152 mm x 226 mm x 15 mm
• Gewicht: 295 g
• Serien: Asian American History and Culture Series; Asian American History & Cultu; Asian American History & Cultu
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Biologie > Ökologie; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Soziologische Theorien