| Description |
ix, 265 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : emerging voices of underrepresented Asian Americans / Huping Ling -- From Laos to America : the Hmong community in the United States / Franklin Ng -- Cultural transition and adjustment : the experiences of the Mong in the United States / Paoze Thao -- The role of ethnic leaders in the refugee community : a case study of the lowland Lao in the American midwest / Pamela A. De Voe -- "Displaced people" adjusting to new cultural vocabulary : Tibetan immigrants in North America / Yosay Wandi -- Unity and diversity among Indonesian migrants to the United States / Clark E. Cunningham -- Dynamics, intricacy, and multiplicity of Romani identity in the United States / Suzuko Morikawa -- Community identity of Kashmiri Hindus in the United States / Haley Duschinski -- Thai Americans : performing gender / Jiemin Bao -- The gender of practice : some findings among Thai Buddhist women in Northern California / Todd LeRoy Perreira -- Women of the temple : Burmese immigrants, gender, and Buddhism in a U.S. frame / Tamara C. Ho -- Adaptation of Burmese monastic and domestic religious practices in the San Francisco Bay area / Joseph Cheah -- Parent-child conflict within the Mong families / Chimeng Yang -- Hmong American contemporary experience / Kou Yang. |
| Subject |
South Asian Americans -- Social conditions.
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South Asian Americans -- Ethnic identity.
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South Asian Americans -- Cultural assimilation.
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Southeast Asian Americans -- Social conditions.
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Southeast Asian Americans -- Ethnic identity.
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Southeast Asian Americans -- Cultural assimilation.
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Group identity -- United States.
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Sex role -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Ling, Huping, 1956-
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| ISBN |
9780813543420 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0813543428 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780813543413 (hc : alk. paper) |
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081354341X (hc : alk. paper) |
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