Generation Gap - Books
Kingship Networks Among Hmong-American Refugees
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Keown-Bomar, Julie. Kingship
Networks Among Hmong-American Refugees. New York :
New York LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2004.
Abstract: “As a young person, she is disappointed to with her
generation’s unwillingness to honor the older generation’s actions: I
think that a lot of young people don’t realize [what] their parents
[went through]. I mean if we were put in that situation, we probably
just give up, but [our parents] actually fought-for us.”Most of the
youth that I see today, how they screw up their lives with gangs!”
The Story of the Immigrant Second
Generation
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Portes, Alegandro, and Ruben G. Rumbaut. The Story of the Immigrant
Second
Generation . California: Berkely University of California Press, 2001.
Abstract: “The following stories are real. The names are fictitious, but
the place where they took place and the nationality of the participants
are true. These stories serve to illustrate that extraordinary
diversity, and they will be used in later chapters to help frame and
interpret general statistical results. And so my parents felt that now
that he’s gone through it, he knows the system.”
Bamboo Among the Oaks
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Moua, Mai Neng. "Contemporary Writings by Hmong Americans." Bamboo Among
the Oaks. Ed. Mai Neng Moua. St. Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical
Society Press, 2002.
Abstract: American Literature--Hmong American Authors Hmong
American--Literary collections American Literature--20th Century
A variety of Hmong authors who write a variety of literature that allows
the readers to see how the 2nd generation of Hmong have assimilated into
the mainstream of society, including generation gaps personal feelings.
Asian/American: Historical Crossings of a Racial Frontier
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Palumbo-Liu, David. Asian/American: Historical Crossings of a Racial
Frontier. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 1999.
Abstract: “My heart is not here in America. I fear that when it comes
for me to leave this world, my children will not give me a proper
funeral.”
You Gotta BE the Book"
Wilhelm, Jeffrey D. "You Gotta BE the Book". New York, New York: New
York Teachers College Press, 1997.
Abstract: She ended by saying, "My parents doesn't do that," and
commented: I want to be Hmong but I don't want stuff to happen to me
like what happens to other Hmong girls. I want to finish high school or
college before I get married. I want to find good man and have
his parents approve me. I will take care of them |
