Laotian daughters

Shah, Bindi V., 1960-

Laotian daughters working toward community, belonging, and environmental justice / [electronic resource] : Bindi V. Shah. - Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2012. - xi, 201 p. - Asian American history and culture . - Asian American history and culture. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

From Agent Orange to super fund sites to anti-immigrant sentiments : multiple voyages, on-going challenges -- New immigration and the American nation : a framework for citizenship and belonging in contemporary United States -- The politics of race : political identity and the struggle for social rights -- The politics of race : critical incorporation and inter-minority relations -- Family, culture, gender : narratives of ethnic reconstruction and meaning among second-generation Laotian women -- Building community, crafting belonging -- Conclusion : second-generation Laotians becoming "American".


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
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Asian Pacific Environmental Network.


Laotian Americans--California--Contra Costa County.
Teenage girls--California--Contra Costa County.
Children of immigrants--California--Contra Costa County.
Environmental justice--California--Contra Costa County.


Contra Costa County (Calif.)--Race relations--Case studies.


Electronic books.

F870.L27 / S53 2012eb

305.895/073079463