Khmer American - Identity and Moral Education in a Diasporic Community

Informationen zum Autor Nancy J. Smith-Hefner is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics! University of Massachusetts at Boston. Klappentext "A richly detailed ethnography on Khmer social practices and concepts of socialization in the diaspora community that is unparalleled in the English language."—Kate Frieson, University of Victoria Zusammenfassung In the early 1980s, tens of thousands of Cambodian refugees fled their war-torn country to take up residence in the United States, where they quickly became one of the most troubled and least studied immigrant groups. This title presents the story of that passage, the efforts of Khmer Americans to recreate the fabric of culture and identity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface  Acknowledgments  A Note on Transliteration  1: Identity and Transition  2: To Be Khmer Is to Be Buddhist  3: Early Socialization: Observing the Child  4: Moral Education: The Child within the Family  5: Schooling in America  6: Sexuality and Marriage  7: The Search for the Middle Path  Notes  References  Index  Illustrations

Product details

• Authors: Nancy J. Smith-Hefner, Nancy Joan Smith-Hefner, Smith-Hefner Nancy J.
• Assisted by: Nancy J. Smith-Hefner (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.01.1999
• EAN: 9780520213494
• ISBN: 978-0-520-21349-4
• No. of pages: 335
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; USA, Ethnic Studies, Europe, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Military / United States, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Cambodia, Second World War, The Holocaust, Migration, immigration & emigration, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, Civil rights & citizenship, c 1940 to c 1949, Physical anthropology, Civics and citizenship, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General