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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961820903321

Autore

Vue Pao Lee <1980->

Titolo

Assimilation and the gendered color line : Hmong case studies of hip-hop and import racing / / Pao Lee Vue

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2012

ISBN

9781593326254

9781593326258

1593326254

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

vii, 200 p

Collana

The new Americans

Disciplina

305.895/972073

Soggetti

Assimilation (Sociology) - United States

Sex discrimination - United States

Hmong Americans

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: Getting In -- The Case of Hmong Import Racing -- Chapter Three: Styling and Profiling -- Chapter Four: Becoming Asian and Deviant -- The Case of Hmong Hip-Hop -- Chapter Five: Going to Class and the Hmong Hip-Hop "Tool Kit" -- Chapter Six: "Keeping it Real" and "Blackened" Identities -- Chapter Seven: Conclusion -- Appendix: Interview Guide -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Vue explores and analyzes segmented assimilation on the ground using Hmong case studies of hip-hop and import racing. His work sheds light on how second generation children are positioning themselves within the U.S. racial order. Findings indicate that the color line, though blurred, is still very strong in the U.S. and structures how children of immigrants adjust to American life. Through their encounters with exclusion, racism, and even agents of social control, Hmong male participants engage in resistance and create identity by using their cultural "tool kits," including the popular practices of hip-hop and import racing.