Diversity in Diaspora: Hmong Americans in the Twenty-First Century 9780824837778
This anthology wrestles with Hmong Americans’ inclusion into and contributions to Asian American studies, as well as to
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Table of contents :
Contents
Introduction
Notes
References Cited
Part I. Hmong Social and Political Adaptation in the United States
1. The American Experience of The Hmong: A Historical Review Kou Yang
2. Hmong Americans: A Demographic Portrait
3. An Analysis of Poverty in Hmong American Communities
4. Civic Values and Political Engagement in Two Hmong American Communities
5. Electoral Participation in the Hmong American Community: an Initial Analysis
Part II. Intersections of Hmong Identity With Gender and Age
6. Great Expectations: The Struggles of Hmong American High School Boys
7. Women in the Hmong Diaspora
8. Hmong Americans: The Conceptualization and Experience of Aging in the United States
Part III. Hmong Arts and Literature
9. The Double Diaspora: China and Laos in the Folklore of Hmong American Refugees
10. “Reharmonizing” the Generations: Rap, Poetry, and Hmong Oral Tradition
11. Haunting and Inhabitation in Yang’s Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir
12. Hmong American Studies: A Bibliographic Essay
Contributors
Index
