Becoming Refugee American : The Politics of Rescue in Little Saigon /

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"Vietnamese refugees fleeing the fall of South Vietnam faced a paradox. The same guilt-ridden America that only reluctantly accepted them expected, and rewarded, expressions of gratitude for their rescue. Meanwhile, their status as refugees--as opposed to willing immigrants--profoundly influenc...

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Autor principal: Nguyen, Phuong Tran (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana, IL : University of Illinois Press, 2017.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Americains d'origine vietnamienne > Identite ethnique > Californie.
Vietnamese Americans > Race identity > California.
California.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: A Nation of Refugees
  • 1 Accidental Allies: Americaâ#x80;#x99;s Crusade and the Origins of Refugee Nationalism
  • 2 From Grief to Gratitude: Reaffirming the Past by Rewriting It
  • 3 â#x80;#x9C;Farewell, Saigon, I Promise I Will Returnâ#x80;#x9D;: Social Work and the Meaning of Exile
  • 4 The Anticommunist Viá»#x87;t-Cá»#x99;ng: Freedom Fighters and the New Politics of Rescue
  • 5 Assimilationists and the Postwar: Model Minority Politics in Little Saigon
  • 6 Divided Loyalties: Americaâ#x80;#x99;s Moral Obligation in the Postâ#x80;#x93;Cold War EraConclusion: Finding Roots in Exile
  • Notes
  • Bibliography

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