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Author

Smith-Hefner, Nancy Joan.

Title Khmer American : identity and moral education in a diasporic community / Nancy J. Smith-Hefner.

Imprint

Berkeley : University of California Press, c1999.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 3rd Floor Stacks	305.89593 Sm68k	---	Available

Description	xix, 237 p., [14] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-230) and index.
Contents	Identity and transition -- To be Khmer is to be Buddhist -- Early socialization : observing the child -- Moral education : the child within the family -- Schooling in America -- Sexuality and marriage -- The search for the Middle Path.
Subject	Cambodian Americans -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Ethnic identity.
	Cambodian Americans -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Religion.
	Boston (Mass.) -- Ethnic relations.
ISBN	0520213491 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	0520213483 (alk. paper)