Assimilation and the gendered color line : Hmong case studies of hip-hop and import racing / Pao Lee Vue.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vue, Pao Lee, 1980-

Series:

The new Americans

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Assimilation (Sociology)--United States.

Assimilation (Sociology).

Sex discrimination--United States.

Sex discrimination.

Hmong Americans.

Physical Description:

vii, 200 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Vue explores and analyzes segmented assimilation on the ground using Hmong case studies of hip-hop and import racing. His work sheds light on how second generation children are positioning themselves within the U.S. racial order. Findings indicate that the color line, though blurred, is still very strong in the U.S. and structures how children of immigrants adjust to American life. Through their encounters with exclusion, racism, and even agents of social control, Hmong male participants engage in resistance and create identity by using their cultural "tool kits," including the popular practices of hip-hop and import racing.

Contents:

Intro

CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

Chapter One: Introduction

Chapter Two: Getting In

The Case of Hmong Import Racing

Chapter Three: Styling and Profiling

Chapter Four: Becoming Asian and Deviant

The Case of Hmong Hip-Hop

Chapter Five: Going to Class and the Hmong Hip-Hop "Tool Kit"

Chapter Six: "Keeping it Real" and "Blackened" Identities

Chapter Seven: Conclusion

Appendix: Interview Guide

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781593326254

9781593326258

1593326254

OCLC:

826657914