The Viet Kieu in America
Subtitle: personal accounts of postwar immigrants from Vietnam
By: edited by Nghia M. Vo.
Contributors: Vo, Nghia M., 1947-
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9780786444700
Subjects: Vietnamese Americans -- Social conditions; Vietnamese Americans -- Cultural assimilation; Refugees -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Vietnamese Americans -- Biography; Refugees -- United States -- Biography; Refugees -- Vietnam -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Description: "Vietnamese make up one of the largest refugee populations in the United States. This collection of essays by 14 authors illuminates Vietnamese-American culture, views of freedom and oppression, and the issues of relocation, assimilation and transition for two million people. It contains personal experiences of the Vietnam War, life under Communist rule, and escape to America"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: I. Peace and war; title: The lotus pond / Nghia M. Vo; title: Remembering Saigon / Nghia M. Vo; title: The Vietnam War: snapshots / Chat V. Dang; title: A pilgrim / Nghia M. Vo; title: II. Oppression and escape; title: My life as a zombie / Thien M. Ngo; title: Anatomy of an escape / Theresa C. Trask; title: The guava tree / Anh Hai; title: The so-called reeducation camp / Trong T. Ngo; title: The lady in black / Dieu Hien; title: A second chance / Chau Dinh An; title: The wish / Thang Cuc; title: My April / Thach N. Truong; title: III. Struggle, healing and remembrance; title: Shadow of the past/ Mai Lien; title: A refugees’ life / Hien V. Ho; title: Guam, the transit island / Nghia M. Vo; title: I left my heart in … Saigon / Nghia M. Vo; title: April 30th / Thach N. Truong; title: IV. The present; title: A love affair / Christina Vo; title: Little Saigon, Westminster, California / Nghia M. Vo; title: The journey home / Hieu V. Ho; title: On searching / Christina Vo; title: On being a Viet kieu / Nghia M. Vo