Hmong and American
Subtitle: from refugees to citizens
By: edited by Vincent K. Her and Mary Louise Buley-Meissner
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: St. Paul, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780873518482; 9780873518550
Subjects: Social life and customs; Ethnic identity; Hmong Americans; Social conditions; Community life; Ethnic relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Hmong American Studies : Bringing New Voices into Multicultural Studies / Vincent K. Her and Mary Louise Buley-Meissner; title: pt. 1. Identity and History; title: Searching for Sources of Hmong Identity in Multicultural America / Vincent K. Her; title: Homeland Narratives and Hmong Americans in Wisconsin / Jeremy Hein; title: From War to Resettlement : How Hmong Have Become Americans / Keith Quincy; title: The Spirit of Enterprise and the Emergence of Hmong and Hmong American Identities : Reflections of a Hmong Anthropologist / Gary Yia Lee; title: pt. 2. Family Challenges and Community Transitions; title: The Good Hmong Girl Eats Raw Laab / Ka Vang; title: "There are no GLBT Hmong people" : Hmong American Young Adults Navigating Culture and Sexuality / Bic Ngo; title: The Challenges and Contributions of Hmong American Elders : A Personal and Professional Perspective / Song Lee; title: Hmong American Professional Identities : An Overview of Generational Changes since the 1970s / Pao Lor; title: Forging New Paths, Confronting New Challenges : Hmong Americans in the Twenty-First Century / Kou Yang; title: pt. 3. Cultural Integration through Education and the Arts; title: Pieces of the Puzzle : A Hmong American Teacher's Multifaceted Identity / May Vang; title: Transforming the World and Oneself : The Arts and Hmong American Identity / Don Hones, Shervun Xiong, Ma Lee Xiong, Chan Vang, Hue Vang, and Amy DeBroux; title: Making the Invisible Visible : Confronting the Complexities of Identity, Family, and Culture through Art / Kou Vang; title: To See a Bigger World : The Home and Heart of a Hmong American Writer / Kao Kalia Yang; title: Stitching the Fabric of Hmong Lives : The Value of Studying Paj Ntaub and Story Cloth in Multicultural Education / Mary Louise Buley-Meissner.