Braving a New World
Cambodian (Khmer) Refugees in an American City
Braving a New World
Cambodian (Khmer) Refugees in an American City
Description
This ethnography, based on a five-year field study, presents a holistic view of a nearly invisible ethnic minority in the urban Midwest, Cambodian refugees. Hopkins begins with a brief look at Cambodian history and the reign which led these farmers to flee their homeland, and then presents an intimate portrait of ordinary family life and also of Buddhist ceremonial life. The book details their struggles to adjust in the face of the many barriers presented by American urban life, such as poverty, dangerous neighborhoods, and unemployment, and also by the conflict between their particular needs and American institutions such as schools, health care, law, and even the agencies intended to help them.
Table of Contents
Material Culture: Meeting Basic Needs
Patterns of Kinship
Patterns of Social Organization
Ideology
Agents of Culture Change: Individuals and Institutions
Cambodian Children in American Schools
Conclusion
References
Index
Product details
| Published | Oct 21 1996 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 192 |
| ISBN | 9780313033919 |
| Imprint | Praeger |
| Series | Contemporary Urban Studies |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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