Title: Diversity in diaspora : Hmong Americans in the twenty-first century /
Authors: Chiu, Monica, 1965-; Pfeifer, Mark Edward, 1968-; Yang, Kou,; Pfeifer, Mark Edward, 1968-; Chiu, Monica, 1965-; Yang, Kou,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Hmong Americans
Abstract: The Secret War in Laos, which was part of the Vietnam War and the Cold War, ended in 1975. The end of this war forced an estimated one-half of the Hmong of Laos to become refugees abroad, and the majority of these refugees were resettled in the United States.
Contents: The American experience of the Hmong : a historical review / by Kou Yang -- Hmong Americans : a demographic portrait / by Mark Pfeifer -- An analysis of poverty in Hmong American communities / by Yang Sao Xiong -- Civic values and political engagement in two Hmong American communities / by Carolyn Wong -- Electoral participation in the Hmong American community : an initial analysis / by Stephen Doherty -- Great expectations : the struggles of Hmong American high school boys / by Bic Ngo and Pa Nhia Lor -- Women in the Hmong diaspora / by Dia Cha -- Hmong Americans : the conceptualization and experience of aging in the United States / by Linda Gerdner -- The double diaspora : China and Laos in the folklore of Hmong American refugees / by Jeremy Hein -- "Reharmonizing" the generations : rap, poetry, and Hmong oral tradition / by Nick Poss -- Haunting and inhabitation in Yang's Latehomecomer : a Hmong family memoir / by Monica Chiu -- Hmong American studies : a bibliographic essay / by Mark Pfeifer.