Marycarol Hopkins

Braving a New World (eBook, PDF)

Cambodian (Khmer) Refugees in an American City

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Produktbeschreibung

This ethnography, based on a five-year field study, presents a holistic view of a nearly invisible ethnic minority in the urban Midwest, Cambodian refugees. Hopkins begins with a brief look at Cambodian history and the reign which led these farmers to flee their homeland, and then presents an intimate portrait of ordinary family life and also of Buddhist ceremonial life. The book details their struggles to adjust in the face of the many barriers presented by American urban life, such as poverty, dangerous neighborhoods, and unemployment, and also by the conflict between their particular needs and American institutions such as schools, health care, law, and even the agencies intended to help them.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 1996
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313033919
• Artikelnr.: 37808961

Autorenporträt

MARYCAROL HOPKINS is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Northern Kentucky University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Material Culture: Meeting Basic Needs Patterns of Kinship
Patterns of Social Organization Ideology Agents of Culture Change:
Individuals and Institutions Cambodian Children in American Schools
Conclusion References Index