Reclaiming diasporic identity : transnational continuity and national fragmentation in the Hmong diaspora / Sangmi Lee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lee, Sangmi, 1982- author.

Series:

Studies of world migrations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hmong (Asian people)--Foreign countries.

Hmong (Asian people).

Hmong (Asian people)--Ethnic identity.

Hmong (Asian people)--Foreign influences.

Transnationalism.

Hmong (Asian people)--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

Path to Open

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2024]

Summary:

"The Hmong diaspora radiates from Southeast Asia to include far-flung nations like the United States, New Zealand, and Argentina. Sangmi Lee draws on the concept of diasporic identity to explore the contemporary experiences of Hmong people living in Vang Vieng, Laos, and Sacramento, California. Hmong form a sense of belonging based on two types of experiences: shared transnational cultural and social relations across borders; and national differences that arise from living in separate countries. As Lee shows, these disparate influences contribute to a dual sense of belonging but also to a transnational mobility and cultural fluidity that defies stereotypes of Hmong as a homogenous people bound to one place. Lee's on-the-ground fieldwork lends distinctive detail to communities and individuals while her theoretically informed approach clarifies and refines what it means when already hybrid and dynamic identities become diasporic. In-depth and interdisciplinary, Reclaiming Diasporic Identity blends ethnography and history to provide a fresh consideration of Hmong life today"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Hmong diasporic history and multiple homeland Narratives

Locating the Hmong diaspora in ambivalent local belongings

An "imagined" community of transnational kin: Hmong kinship continuities in the diaspora

Compassionate money: monetarized longing and emotional remittances in the transnational familial economy

From local to transnational: Hmong shamanism and spiritual rituals across borders

Cultural differences in the diaspora: Hmong funerals and the nation-state

Diaspora's national affiliations: relative belonging to the nation-state and discursive fragmentation.

Notes:

Title from online title page (viewed on July 8, 2024).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Lee, Sangmi, 1982- Reclaiming diasporic identity

ISBN:

9780252056628

0252056620

OCLC:

1393951427

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.