LEADER 05189nam 22008054a 450 001 9910454410003321 005 20210909181932.0 010 $a9786612033469 010 $a1-282-03346-8 010 $a0-8135-4625-7 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813546254 035 $a(CKB)1000000000702853 035 $a(EBL)413876 035 $a(OCoLC)476239146 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000145959 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11160503 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000145959 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10182285 035 $a(PQKB)10601118 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC413876 035 $a(OCoLC)318240382 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8076 035 $a(DE-B1597)529183 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813546254 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL413876 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10275482 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL203346 035 $a(OCoLC)1148166378 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000702853 100 $a20071217d2008 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aEmerging voices$b[electronic resource] $eexperiences of underrepresented Asian Americans /$fedited by Huping Ling 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (278 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8135-4342-8 311 $a0-8135-4341-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : 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. 330 $aWhile 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. 606 $aSouth Asian Americans$xSocial conditions 606 $aSouth Asian Americans$xEthnic identity 606 $aSouth Asian Americans$xCultural assimilation 606 $aSoutheast Asian Americans$xSocial conditions 606 $aSoutheast Asian Americans$xEthnic identity 606 $aSoutheast Asian Americans$xCultural assimilation 606 $aGroup identity$zUnited States 606 $aSex role$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSouth Asian Americans$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aSouth Asian Americans$xEthnic identity. 615 0$aSouth Asian Americans$xCultural assimilation. 615 0$aSoutheast Asian Americans$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aSoutheast Asian Americans$xEthnic identity. 615 0$aSoutheast Asian Americans$xCultural assimilation. 615 0$aGroup identity 615 0$aSex role 676 $a305.891/4073 701 $aLing$b Huping$f1956-$0900097 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454410003321 996 $aEmerging voices$92492033 997 $aUNINA