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Laotian Daughters focuses on second-generation environmental justice activists in Richmond, California. Bindi Shah's pathbreaking book charts these young women's efforts to improve the degraded conditions in their community and explores the ways their activism and political practices resis...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shah, Bindi V., 1960- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, ©2012.
Colección:Asian American history and culture.
Temas:
Asian Pacific Environmental Network.
Laotian Americans > California > Contra Costa County.
Teenage girls > California > Contra Costa County.
Children of immigrants > California > Contra Costa County.
Environmental justice > California > Contra Costa County.
Américains d'origine laotienne > Californie > Contra Costa.
Adolescentes > Californie > Contra Costa.
Enfants d'immigrants > Californie > Contra Costa.
Justice environnementale > Californie > Contra Costa.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Asian American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Children of immigrants.
Environmental justice.
Laotian Americans.
Race relations.
Teenage girls.
Contra Costa County (Calif.) > Race relations > Case studies.
California > Contra Costa County.
Case studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Laotian Daughters focuses on second-generation environmental justice activists in Richmond, California. Bindi Shah's pathbreaking book charts these young women's efforts to improve the degraded conditions in their community and explores the ways their activism and political practices resist the negative stereotypes of race, class, and gender associated with their ethnic group.Using ethnographic observations, interviews, focus groups, and archival data on their participation in Asian Youth Advocates-a youth leadership development project-Shah analyzes the teenagers' mob.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 201 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-196) and index.
ISBN:9781439908143
1439908141

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