Author : Sucheng Chan
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 41,93 MB
Release : 1994
Category :
ISBN :
This collection of evocative personal testimonies by three generations of Hmong refugees is the first to describe their lives in Laos as slash-and-burn farmers, as refugees after a Communist government came to power in 1975, and as immigrants in the United States. Reflecting on the homes left behind, their narratives chronicle the difficulties of forging a new identity.
Author : Sucheng Chan
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 15,75 MB
Release : 2010-08-17
Category : History
ISBN : 1439901392
Three generations of Hmong refugees expose the trauma and the joy of their lives.
Author : Sucheng Chan
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 36,2 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781566391627
This collection of evocative personal testimonies by three generations of Hmong refugees is the first to describe their lives in Laos as slash-and-burn farmers, as refugees after a Communist government came to power in 1975, and as immigrants in the United States. Reflecting on the homes left behind, their narratives chronicle the difficulties of forging a new identity. From Jou Yee Xiong's Life Story: "I stopped teaching my sons many of the Hmong ways because I felt my ancestors and I had suffered enough already. I thought that teaching my children the old ways would only place a burden on them." From Ka Pao Xiong's (Jou Yee Xiong's son) Life Story: "It has been very difficult for us to adapt because we had no professions or trades and we suffered from culture shock. Here in America, both the husband and wife must work simultaneously to earn enough money to live on. Many of our children are ignorant of the Hmong way of life.... Even the old people are forgetting about their life in Laos, as they enjoy the prosperity and good life in America." From Xang Mao Xiong's Life Story: "When the Communists took over Laos and General Vang Pao fled with his family, we, too, decided to leave. Not only my family, but thousands of Hmong tried to flee. I rented a car for thirty thousand Laotian dollars, and it took us to Nasu.... We felt compelled to leave because many of us had been connected to the CIA.... Thousands of Hmong were traveling on foot. Along the way, many of them were shot and killed by Communist soldiers. We witnessed a bloody massacre of civilians." From Vue Vang's Life Story: "Life was so hard in the [Thai refugee] camp that when we found out we could go to the United States, we did not hesitate to grasp the chance. We knew that were we to remain in the camp, there would be no hope for a better future. We would not be able to offer our children anything better than a life of perpetual poverty and anguish."
Author : Northeastern Wisconsin In-School Telecommunications (University of Wisconsin--Green Bay)
Publisher :
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 40,49 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Hmong (Asian people)
ISBN :
Highlights the history, culture and identity of Hmong immigrants and refugees from Laos who settled in the United States between 1975 and the early 1990s.
Author : Paul Hillmer
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 47,43 MB
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9780873517263
Based on more than 200 interviews during 2002-2009 under the auspices of the Hmong Oral History Project. Several full-text interviews are available on the project's website.
Author : Vincent K. Her
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 30,62 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0873518551
Farmers in Laos, U.S. allies during the Vietnam War, refugees in Thailand, citizens of the Western world, the stories of the Hmong who now live in America have been told in detail through books and articles and oral histories over the past several decades. Like any immigrant group, members of the first generation may yearn for the past as they watch their children and grandchildren find their way in the dominant culture of their new home. For Hmong people born and educated in the United States, a definition of self often includes traditional practices and tight-knit family groups but also a distinctly Americanized point of view. How do Hmong Americans negotiate the expectations of these two very different cultures? This book contains a series of essays featuring a range of writing styles, leading scholars, educators, artists, and community activists who explore themes of history, culture, gender, class, family, and sexual orientation, weaving their own stories into depictions of a Hmong American community where people continue to develop complex identities that are collectively shared but deeply personal as they help to redefine the multicultural America of today.
Author : Kou Yang
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 10,44 MB
Release : 2017-10-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1498546463
This study documents Hmong’s involvement in the Secret War in Laos, their refugee exodus from Laos to the refugee camps in Thailand, and the challenges to find third countries to take Hmong refugees. At the time, Hmong and other highlander refugees from Laos were considered unsuitable to be resettled into the United States. He provides detailed research on the adaptation of Hmong Americans to their new lives in the United States, facing discrimination and prejudice, and the advancement of Hmong Americans over the past 40 years. He presents the Hmong American community as an uprooted refugee community that grew from a small population in 1975 to more than 300,000 by the year 2015; spreading to all 50 states while becoming a diverse and complex American ethnic community. To get better insight into their diversity, complexity, and adaptation to different localities, Kou Yang uses the Hmong communities in Montana, Fresno and Denver as case studies. The progress of Hmong Americans over the past 4 decades is highlighted with a list of many achievements in education, high-tech, academia, political participation, the military and other fields. Readers of this book will gain a deeper understanding of the challenges, complex and diverse experience of the Hmong American community. They will also obtain insight into the overall experience of the Hmong, an ethnic people of Diaspora, found in Asia, the Americas, Africa, Australia, and Europe. They are like bristle-cone pines on the rock that have been exposed to all types of weather, climate and conditions, but they won't die.
Author : Christopher Thao Vang
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 13,99 MB
Release : 2016-05-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1476622620
Almost no one in the West had heard of the Hmong before National Geographic ran a cover story on the Southeast Asian ethnic group that had allied with the United States in the Vietnam War, and few knew of them before their arrival in the U.S. and other Western nations in 1975. Originating in China centuries ago, they have been known by various names--Miao, Meo, Miaozi, Meng or San Miao--some of them derogatory. The Hmong in the West are war-displaced refugees from China and Laos, though they have been misidentified as belonging to other ethnic groups. This mislabeling has caused confusion about the Hmong and their history. This book details the history of the Hmong and their journey from Eastern to Western countries, providing a clear understanding of an immigrant culture little understood by the American public. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Author : Keith Quincy
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,40 MB
Release : 2011-07-24
Category :
ISBN : 9780962864834
Though there are slightly more than six million Hmong worldwide, relatively few Americans know much about them. The Hmong people, who steadfastly retained many of their cultural traditions though they settled extensively in China, were forced to become perpetual migrants and montagnards, due to relentless persecution by the Chinese, who considered all but Chinese culture uncivilized. Most Hmong today live in China, Laos, northern Vietnam, Thailand, and Burma, and are all descendants (it is speculated) of Hmong who originally migrated from central Siberia. Hmong: History of a People is a detailed rediscovery of their saga, following Hmong history and tradition from their early settlements in China, up to and including much of their contribution to the war in Vietnam. It is a book of struggle, prowess, and magic, and it reiterates the importance of cultural memory for any race and specifically the importance of the memory for the Hmong.
Author : Sukalaya Kenworthy
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,60 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Christian fiction, American
ISBN : 9781413723649
How much is your freedom of worship worth to you?For Tran's family and other Christians, worship could mean threats, beatings, and even death. A gripping story from the perspective of Tran Fang, an 11-year-old Christian of the Hmong tribe in North Vietnam. Tran lives in constant fear of losing her father, a leader who dares to stand for Christ and take the gospel to nearby villages. As the government of Vietnam conducts more intense persecution on the believers, her family's turn is unavoidable. Tran keeps praying and asks God to release her relatives in prison and to protect her family from the cruelty of the Communist Regime. The book reveals courage and fellowship that surpass any tragedy, and most importantly, faith that helps the Hmong Christians stay strong until the end.
