Diversity in Diaspora - Hmong Americans in the Twenty-first Century

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 the established view of the Hmong as 'new' Asian neighbours - an approach articulated, Hollywood style, in Clint Eastwood's film Gran Torino.

Summary

This anthology presents the spectrum of contemporary social science research on Hmong Americans and their communities. It proposes to address the following questions: What is the state of contemporary research related to Hmong Americans? In which areas

Product details

• Authors: Mark Edward (EDT)/ Chiu Pfeifer
• Assisted by: Monica Chiu (Editor), Mark Edward Pfeifer (Editor), Kou Yang (Editor)
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2013
• EAN: 9780824835972
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-3597-2
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research