<i>“It serves as an invaluable resource for students and researchers interested in understanding the Vietnamese American community.... [A]n important foundation for the study of Vietnamese diaspora.”</i>-<b><i>Amerasia</i></b>

Vietnamese diasporic relations affect-and are directly affected by-events in Viet Nam. In Transnationalizing Viet Nam, Kieu-Linh Caroline Valverde explores these connections, providing a nuanced understanding of this globalized community. Valverde draws on 250 interviews and almost two decades of research to show the complex relationship between Vietnamese in the diaspora and those back at the homeland.In the series Asian American History and Culture, edited by Sucheng Chan, David Palumbo-Liu, Michael Omi, K. Scott Wong, and Linda Trinh VÕ
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Shows the complex relationship between Vietnamese in the diaspora and those back at the homeland.
Preface Acknowledgments 1 Transnationalizing Viet Nam 2 Popular Music: Sounds of Home Resistance and Change 3 Social Transformations from Virtual Communities 4 Defying and Redefining Vietnamese Diasporic Art and Media as Seen through Chau Huynh's Creations 5 Whose Community Is It Anyway? Overseas Vietnamese Negotiating Their Cultural and Political Identity: The Case of Vice-Mayor Madison Nguyen 6 Vietnamese Diaspora Revisited Notes References Index
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Shows the complex relationship between Vietnamese in the diaspora and those back at the homeland.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781439906804
Publisert
2013-07-26
Utgiver
Temple University Press,U.S.
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
198

Biografisk notat

Kieu-Linh Caroline Valverde is Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Davis.