Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 441 g
Cambodians in the United States
Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 441 g
ISBN: 978-1-78920-497-1
Verlag: Berghahn Books
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.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Genozid und ethnische Säuberung
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Historische Migrationsforschung
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Exilforschung
Weitere Infos & Material
Dedication
Preface and Acknowledgements
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. Religion
Chapter 9. Health
Chapter 10. Homeland
Chapter 11. Preserving Culture
Chapter 12. Beyond Refugees
Bibliography
Index