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.
Produktinformation
Utgivningsdatum2019-09-30
Mått152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt441 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor300
FörlagBerghahn Books
ISBN9781789204971
UtmärkelserWinner of Choice Outstanding Academic Book of the Year 2018
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.
DedicationPreface and AcknowledgementsIntroduction: From Cambodians to RefugeesChapter 1. Being in AmericaChapter 2. Economic SurvivalChapter 3. Refugee LitaniesChapter 4. Resettlement RealitiesChapter 5. FamilyChapter 6. Parents and ChildrenChapter 7. CommunityChapter 8. ReligionChapter 9. HealthChapter 10. HomelandChapter 11. Preserving CultureChapter 12. Beyond RefugeesBibliographyIndex
"Drawing on three and a half decades of intensive ethnographic research, anthropologist Mortland has provided a fascinating, clearly written, comprehensive account of the Cambodian American population...This remarkable book should be required reading for anyone with an interest in the changing US population. An outstanding work...Essential." Choice