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Not just victims : conversations with Cambodian community leaders in the United States / edited and with an introduction by Sucheng Chan ; interviews by Audrey U. Kim.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Asian American experience
- The Asian American experience
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cambodian Americans--Social conditions--Case studies.
- Cambodian Americans.
- Cambodian Americans--Psychology--Case studies.
- Cambodian Americans--Interviews.
- Refugees--United States--Interviews.
- Refugees.
- Political atrocities.
- History.
- Psychology.
- Cambodian Americans--Social conditions.
- Cambodia--History--1975-1979--Anecdotes.
- Cambodia.
- Political atrocities--Cambodia--History--20th century--Anecdotes.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Anecdotes.
- Interviews.
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xxvii, 299 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- Not Just Victims contains twelve oral histories based on conversations with Cambodian community leaders in eight American cities -- Long Beach, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Seattle, Portland, Tacoma, and the Massachusetts towns of Fall River and Lowell. Unlike the dozens of autobiographies published by Cambodians that focus largely on their victimization, these narratives describe how Cambodian refugees have adapted to life in the United States. Sucheng Chan's extensive introduction provides a historical framework; she discusses the civil war (1970-75), the bloody Khmer Rouge revolution (1975-79), the border war during the Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia (1979-89), and the additional travails faced by those who escaped to holding camps in Thailand. The book also includes an essay on oral history and a substantial bibliography.
- Contents:
- Long Beach, California, the capital of Cambodian America / Him S. Chhim
- On Buddhism and psychotherapy / Chhean Kong
- Law enforcement issues / Samthoun Cittapalo
- How Massachusetts became a refugee-friendly state / Daniel M. Lam
- Lowell, Massachusetts, the "Long Beach of the east coast" / Samkhann Khoeun
- Getting established in Fall River, Massachusetts / Sambath Rim
- Cambodians in Philadelphia / Samien Nol
- The Cambodian Network Council / Sam-Ang Sam
- Cambodians in Portland, Oregon / Sokhom Tauch
- Cambodians in Tacoma, Washington / Hay S. Meas
- A holistic approach to mental health / Dharamuni Phala Svy Chea
- The Khmer Krom / Bunroeun Thach.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-287) and index.
- ISBN:
- 025202799X
- 0252071018
- OCLC:
- 49942929
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