Reclaiming diasporic identity : transnational continuity and national fragmentation in the Hmong diaspora / Sangmi Lee.

Reclaiming diasporic identity : transnational continuity and national fragmentation in the Hmong diaspora / Sangmi Lee.

9780252056628 electronic book
0252056620 electronic book
9780252045769 hardcover
9780252087868 paperback

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2024]

English

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DS509.5.H66 L44 2024

305.8959/72

"The Hmong diaspora radiates from Southeast Asia to include far-flung nations like the United States, New Zealand, and Argentina. Sangmi Lee draws on the concept of diasporic identity to explore the contemporary experiences of Hmong people living in Vang Vieng, Laos, and Sacramento, California. Hmong form a sense of belonging based on two types of experiences: shared transnational cultural and social relations across borders; and national differences that arise from living in separate countries. As Lee shows, these disparate influences contribute to a dual sense of belonging but also to a transnational mobility and cultural fluidity that defies stereotypes of Hmong as a homogenous people bound to one place. Lee's on-the-ground fieldwork lends distinctive detail to communities and individuals while her theoretically informed approach clarifies and refines what it means when already hybrid and dynamic identities become diasporic. In-depth and interdisciplinary, Reclaiming Diasporic Identity blends ethnography and history to provide a fresh consideration of Hmong life today"-- Provided by publisher.

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Studies of world migrations

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