| Grace After Genocide: Cambodians in the United States Contributor(s): Mortland, Carol A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1785334700 ISBN-13: 9781785334702 Publisher: Berghahn Books OUR PRICE: $141.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Asian American Studies - History | United States - 20th Century - History | Asia - Southeast Asia |
| Dewey: 305.895 |
| LCCN: 2016054880 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.8" W x 9.1" (1.20 lbs) 300 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Asian - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Grace after Genocide is the first comprehensive ethnography of Cambodian refugees, charting their struggle to transition from life in agrarian Cambodia to survival in post-industrial America, while maintaining their identities as Cambodians. The ethnography contrasts the lives of refugees who arrived in America after 1975, with their focus on Khmer traditions, values, and relations, with those of their children who, as descendants of the Khmer Rouge catastrophe, have struggled to become Americans in a society that defines them as different. The ethnography explores America's mid-twentieth-century involvement in Southeast Asia and its enormous consequences on multiple generations of Khmer refugees. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mortland, Carol A.: - Carol A. Mortland is a cultural anthropologist who has been conducting research with Cambodian refugees since 1981 in various locations across the United States. She has also done research in Cambodia, and taught at universities in Washington and New York. Mortland, Carol a.: -Carol A. Mortland is a cultural anthropologist who has been conducting research with Cambodian refugees since 1981 in various locations across the United States. She has also done research in Cambodia, and taught at universities in Washington and New York. |