Grace after genocide : Cambodians in the United States / Carol A. Mortland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mortland, Carol A. (Carol Anne), 1945- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Khmer (Southeast Asian people)--United States.

Khmer (Southeast Asian people).

Refugees--Cambodia.

Refugees.

Refugees--United States--Social conditions.

Cambodian Americans--Cultural assimilation.

Cambodian Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford, [England] : Berghahn Books, 2017.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

From Cambodians to refugees

Being in America

Economic survival

Refugee litanies

Resettlement realities

Family

Parents and children

Community

Cambodian religion

Health

Homeland

Preserving culture

Beyond refugees.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-80758-819-X

1-78533-471-9

OCLC:

1295922868