05156nam 22007934a 450 991078268570332120230207230017.097866120334691-282-03346-80-8135-4625-710.36019/9780813546254(CKB)1000000000702853(EBL)413876(OCoLC)476239146(SSID)ssj0000145959(PQKBManifestationID)11160503(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000145959(PQKBWorkID)10182285(PQKB)10601118(MiAaPQ)EBC413876(OCoLC)318240382(MdBmJHUP)muse8076(DE-B1597)529183(DE-B1597)9780813546254(Au-PeEL)EBL413876(CaPaEBR)ebr10275482(CaONFJC)MIL203346(OCoLC)1148166378(EXLCZ)99100000000070285320071217d2008 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEmerging voices[electronic resource] experiences of underrepresented Asian Americans /edited by Huping LingNew Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Pressc20081 online resource (278 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8135-4342-8 0-8135-4341-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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.While a growing number of popular and scholarly works focus on Asian Americans, most are devoted to the experiences of larger groups such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, and Indian Americans. As the field grows, there is a pressing need to understand the smaller and more recent immigrant communities. Emerging Voices fills this gap with its unique and compelling discussion of underrepresented groups, including Burmese, Indonesian, Mong, Hmong, Nepalese, Romani, Tibetan, and Thai Americans. Unlike the earlier and larger groups of Asian immigrants to America, many of whom made the choice to emigrate to seek better economic opportunities, many of the groups discussed in this volume fled war or political persecution in their homeland. Forced to make drastic transitions in America with little physical or psychological preparation, questions of “why am I here,” “who am I,” and “why am I discriminated against,” remain at the heart of their post-emigration experiences. Bringing together eminent scholars from a variety of disciplines, this collection considers a wide range of themes, including assimilation and adaptation, immigration patterns, community, education, ethnicity, economics, family, gender, marriage, religion, sexuality, and work.South Asian AmericansSocial conditionsSouth Asian AmericansEthnic identitySouth Asian AmericansCultural assimilationSoutheast Asian AmericansSocial conditionsSoutheast Asian AmericansEthnic identitySoutheast Asian AmericansCultural assimilationGroup identityUnited StatesSex roleUnited StatesSouth Asian AmericansSocial conditions.South Asian AmericansEthnic identity.South Asian AmericansCultural assimilation.Southeast Asian AmericansSocial conditions.Southeast Asian AmericansEthnic identity.Southeast Asian AmericansCultural assimilation.Group identitySex role305.891/4073Ling Huping1956-1122588MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782685703321Emerging voices3686486UNINA