Family Tightrope - The Changing Lives of Vietnamese Americans

Zusatztext "Kibria has produced the most insightful study to date about the accommodations, frustrations, and small victories that some Vietnamese have experienced as they reconstructed their shattered lives on American soil. . . . Family Tightrope is a clearly written and well-argued book that makes an important contribution not only to our knowledge of Vietnamese refugees but also to a more general understanding of immigrant adaptation and how ethnic identity is repeatedly reconstructed over time." Informationen zum Autor Nazli Kibria is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Boston University. Klappentext In recent years the popular media have described Vietnamese Americans as the quintessential American immigrant success story! attributing their accomplishments to the values they learn in the traditional! stable! hierarchical confines of their family. Questioning the accuracy of such family portrayals! Nazli Kibria draws on in-depth interviews and participant observation with Vietnamese immigrants in Philadelphia to show how they construct their family lives in response to the social and economic challenges posed by migration and resettlement. To a surprising extent! the "traditional" family unit rarely exists! and its hierarchical organization has been greatly altered. Zusammenfassung In recent years the popular media have described Vietnamese Americans as the quintessential American immigrant success story, attributing their accomplishments to the values they learn in the traditional, stable, hierarchical confines of their family. Questioning the accuracy of such family portrayals, Nazli Kibria draws on in-depth interviews and participant observation with Vietnamese immigrants in Philadelphia to show how they construct their family lives in response to the social and economic challenges posed by migration and resettlement. To a surprising extent, the "traditional" family unit rarely exists, and its hierarchical organization has been greatly altered. ...

Product details

• Authors: Nazli Kibria, Kibria Nazli
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.03.1995
• EAN: 9780691021157
• ISBN: 978-0-691-02115-7
• No. of pages: 200
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); USA, Vietnam, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Migration, immigration & emigration, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, Civil rights & citizenship, Physical anthropology, Civics and citizenship, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General