Hmong America: Reconstructing Community in Diaspora

by Chia Youyee Vang

Book Overview

The first scholarly work to come from inside the Hmong community, Hmong America documents Chia Youyee Vang's own migration from Laos to Minnesota at age nine and the transformations she has witnessed in Hmong communities throughout the migration and settlement processes. Vang depicts Hmong experiences in Asia and examines aspects of community building in America to reveal how new Hmong identities have been formed and how they have challenged popular...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252077598
• ISBN13: 9780252077593
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"