Ma Vang

History on the Run

Secrecy, Fugitivity, and Hmong Refugee Epistemologies

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Produktbeschreibung

Ma Vang examines the experiences of Hmong refugees who migrated to the United States following the secret war in Laos (1961â 1975) to theorize â history on the runâ as a framework for understanding refugee histories, in particular those of the Hmong.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781478011316
• ISBN-10: 1478011319
• Artikelnr.: 60404012

Autorenporträt

Ma Vang is Assistant Professor of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Merced, and coeditor of Claiming Place: On the Agency of Hmong Women.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments  ix
Introduction. The Lost Bag and the Refugee Archive  1
1. Secrecy as Knowledge  27
2. Missing Things: State Secrets and U.S. Cold War Policy toward Laos  57
3. The Refugee Soldier: A Critique of Recognition and Citizenship in the
Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 1997  93
4. The Terrorist Ally: The Case against General Vang Pao  117
5. The Refugee Grandmother: Silence as Presence in The Latehomecomer and
Gran Torino  145
Epilogue. Geographic Stories for Refugee Return  179
Notes  189
Bibliography  231
Index  251