Mortland Grace after Genocide

Cambodians in the United States
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-78533-471-9
Verlag: Berghahn
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Mobipocket Unencrypted

Grace after Genocide is the first comprehensive ethnography of Cambodian refugees, charting their struggle to transition from life in agrarian Cambodia to survival in post-industrial America, while maintaining their identities as Cambodians. The ethnography contrasts the lives of refugees who arrived in America after 1975, with their focus on Khmer traditions, values, and relations, with those of their children who, as descendants of the Khmer Rouge catastrophe, have struggled to become Americans in a society that defines them as different. The ethnography explores America's mid-twentieth century involvement in Southeast Asia and its enormous consequences on multiple generations of Khmer refugees.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mortland, Carol A.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Exilforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Genozid und ethnische Säuberung
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Historische Migrationsforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: From Cambodians to Refugees

Chapter 1. Being in America

Chapter 2. Economic Survival

Chapter 3. Refugee Litanies

Chapter 4. Resettlement Realities

Chapter 5. Family

Chapter 6. Parents and Children

Chapter 7. Community

Chapter 8. Cambodian Religion

Chapter 9. Health

Chapter 10. Homeland

Chapter 11. Preserving Culture

Chapter 12. Beyond Refugees

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mortland, Carol A.
Carol A. Mortland is a cultural anthropologist who has been conducting research with Cambodian refugees since 1981 in various locations across the United States. She has also done research in Cambodia, and taught at universities in Washington and New York.