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UNINA9910809562903321 |
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Autore |
Aguilar-San Juan Karin <1962-> |
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Titolo |
Little Saigons : staying Vietnamese in America / / Karin Aguilar-San Juan |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2009 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (256 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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305.895 |
305.895/922073 |
305.89592 |
305.895922073 |
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Soggetti |
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Vietnamese Americans - Ethnic identity |
Vietnamese Americans - Social conditions |
Community life - United States |
Geographical perception - United States |
Place attachment - United States |
Vietnamese Americans - California - Orange County - Social conditions |
Vietnamese Americans - Massachusetts - Boston - Social conditions |
United States Ethnic relations Case studies |
Orange County (Calif.) Ethnic relations Case studies |
Boston (Mass.) Ethnic relations Case studies |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: Where does Viet Nam end and America begin? -- Producing and constructing Vietnamese America -- Q: nationality? A: Asian -- Like a dream I can never forget : remembering and commemorating the past -- What's good for business is good for the community : packaging and selling Vietnamese America -- Implications for community and place -- Conclusion: How do you stay Vietnamese in America?. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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With a comparative and race-cognizant approach, Karin Aguilar-San Juan shows how places like Little Saigon and Fields Corner are sites for the simultaneous preservation and redefinition of Vietnamese identity. |
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