| Not Just Victims: Conversations with Cambodian Community Leaders in the United States Contributor(s): Chan, Sucheng (Author), Chan, Sucheng (Introduction by), Kim, Audrey U. (Other) |
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ISBN: 0252071018 ISBN-13: 9780252071010 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $22.77 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2003 Annotation: Not Just Victims contains twelve oral histories based on conversations with Cambodian community leaders in eight American cities--Long Beach, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Seattle, Portland, Tacoma, and the Massachusetts towns of Fall River and Lowell. Unlike the dozens of autobiographies published by Cambodians that focus largely on their victimization, these narratives describe how Cambodian refugees have adapted to life in the United States. Sucheng Chan's extensive introduction provides a historical framework; she discusses the civil war (1970-75), the bloody Khmer Rouge revolution (1975-79), the border war during the Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia (1979-89), and the additional travails faced by those who escaped to holding camps in Thailand. The book also includes an essay on oral history and a substantial bibliography. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Asian American Studies - Social Science | Minority Studies |
| Dewey: 973.049 |
| LCCN: 2002007574 |
| Series: Asian American Experience (University of Illinois) |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 6.08" W x 9.16" (1.10 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Wars in Southeast Asia drove unprecedented numbers of Cambodian refugees to settle in the United States. From southern California to New England, Cambodian communities took root amidst struggles of assimilation and triumphs of adaptation. In Not Just Victims, Sucheng Chan offers oral histories based on conversations with Cambodian community leaders in eight American cities: Long Beach, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Seattle, Portland, Tacoma, and the Massachusetts towns of Fall River and Lowell. Eschewing victimization narratives, these accounts provide vividly detailed descriptions of Cambodian refugees building new lives in the United States. Chan's introduction places their stories against the backdrop of recent Cambodian history, from the civil war through the bloody Khmer Rouge revolution to the Vietnamese occupation. In addition, Chan includes an essay on oral history. |