Emerging voices : experiences of underrepresented Asian Americans / edited by Huping Ling.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ling, Huping, 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

South Asian Americans--Social conditions.

South Asian Americans.

South Asian Americans--Ethnic identity.

South Asian Americans--Cultural assimilation.

Southeast Asian Americans--Social conditions.

Southeast Asian Americans.

Southeast Asian Americans--Ethnic identity.

Southeast Asian Americans--Cultural assimilation.

Group identity--United States.

Group identity.

Assimilation (Sociology).

Ethnicity.

Social conditions.

United States.

Sex role--United States.

Sex role.

Physical Description:

ix, 265 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2008]

Summary:

As the field of Asian American studies grows, there is a need to understand smaller and more recent immigrant communities. Emerging Voices presents a unique and compelling discussion of underrepresented groups, including Burmese, Indonesian, Mong, Hmong, Nepalese, Romani, Tibetan, and Thai Americans.

Unlike earlier and larger groups of Asian immigrants to America, many of whom emigrated for better economic opportunities, many of the groups discussed in this volume fled war or political persecution. Forced to make drastic transitions in America with little physical or psychological preparation, questions of "why am I here," "who am I," and "why am I discriminated against," reveal the anxiety of displacement.

Bringing together scholars from a variety of disciplines, this collection considers a wide range of themes, including assimilation and adaptation, immigration patterns, community, education, ethnicity, economics, family, gender, marriage, religion, sexuality, and work.

Contents:

Introduction : emerging voices of underrepresented Asian Americans / Huping Ling

From Laos to America : the Hmong community in the United States / Franklin Ng

Cultural transition and adjustment : the experiences of the Mong in the United States / Paoze Thao

The role of ethnic leaders in the refugee community : a case study of the lowland Lao in the American midwest / Pamela A. De Voe

"Displaced people" adjusting to new cultural vocabulary : Tibetan immigrants in North America / Yosay Wandi

Unity and diversity among Indonesian migrants to the United States / Clark E. Cunningham

Dynamics, intricacy, and multiplicity of Romani identity in the United States / Suzuko Morikawa

Community identity of Kashmiri Hindus in the United States / Haley Duschinski

Thai Americans : performing gender / Jiemin Bao

The gender of practice : some findings among Thai Buddhist women in Northern California / Todd LeRoy Perreira

Women of the temple : Burmese immigrants, gender, and Buddhism in a U.S. frame / Tamara C. Ho

Adaptation of Burmese monastic and domestic religious practices in the San Francisco Bay area / Joseph Cheah

Parent-child conflict within the Mong families / Chimeng Yang

Hmong American contemporary experience / Kou Yang.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813543413

081354341X

9780813543420

0813543428

OCLC:

181142287