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Becoming Refugee American

- The Politics of Rescue in Little Saigon
Af: Phuong Tran Nguyen Engelsk Paperback

Becoming Refugee American

- The Politics of Rescue in Little Saigon
Af: Phuong Tran Nguyen Engelsk Paperback
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Vietnamese refugees fleeing the fall of South Vietnam faced a paradox. The same guilt-ridden America that only reluctantly accepted them expected, and rewarded, expressions of gratitude for their rescue. Meanwhile, their status as refugees—as opposed to willing immigrants—profoundly influenced their cultural identity. Phuong Tran Nguyen examines the phenomenon of refugee nationalism among Vietnamese Americans in Southern California. Here, the residents of Little Saigon keep alive nostalgia for the old regime and, by extension, their claim to a lost statehood. Their refugee nationalism is less a refusal to assimilate than a mode of becoming, in essence, a distinct group of refugee Americans. Nguyen examines the factors that encouraged them to adopt this identity. His analysis also moves beyond the familiar rescue narrative to chart the intimate yet contentious relationship these Vietnamese Americans have with their adopted homeland. Nguyen sets their plight within the context of the Cold War, an era when Americans sought to atone for broken promises but also saw themselves as providing a sanctuary for people everywhere fleeing communism.
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Vietnamese refugees fleeing the fall of South Vietnam faced a paradox. The same guilt-ridden America that only reluctantly accepted them expected, and rewarded, expressions of gratitude for their rescue. Meanwhile, their status as refugees—as opposed to willing immigrants—profoundly influenced their cultural identity. Phuong Tran Nguyen examines the phenomenon of refugee nationalism among Vietnamese Americans in Southern California. Here, the residents of Little Saigon keep alive nostalgia for the old regime and, by extension, their claim to a lost statehood. Their refugee nationalism is less a refusal to assimilate than a mode of becoming, in essence, a distinct group of refugee Americans. Nguyen examines the factors that encouraged them to adopt this identity. His analysis also moves beyond the familiar rescue narrative to chart the intimate yet contentious relationship these Vietnamese Americans have with their adopted homeland. Nguyen sets their plight within the context of the Cold War, an era when Americans sought to atone for broken promises but also saw themselves as providing a sanctuary for people everywhere fleeing communism.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 236
ISBN-13: 9780252082887
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0252082885
Kategori: Etniske minoriteter og multikulturelle studier
Udg. Dato: 16 okt 2017
Længde: 20mm
Bredde: 229mm
Højde: 152mm
Forlag: University of Illinois Press
Oplagsdato: 16 okt 2017
Forfatter(e): Phuong Tran Nguyen
Forfatter(e) Phuong Tran Nguyen

Kategori Etniske minoriteter og multikulturelle studier

ISBN-13 9780252082887

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 236

Udgave

Længde 20mm

Bredde 229mm

Højde 152mm

Udg. Dato 16 okt 2017

Oplagsdato 16 okt 2017

Forlag University of Illinois Press