Bindi V. Shah

Laotian Daughters: Working Toward Community, Belonging, and Environmental Justice

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

How environmental activism in youth shapes political engagement and citizenship for Laotian American women

Produktdetails

• Asian American History & Cultu
• Verlag: Temple University Press
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9781439908150
• ISBN-10: 143990815X
• Artikelnr.: 33658032

Inhaltsangabe

 Acknowledgments
 
1 “Where We Live, Where We Work, Where We Play, Where We Learn”: The Asian
Pacific Environmental Network
 
2 From Agent Orange to Superfund Sites to Anti-immigrant Sentiments:
Multiple Voyages, Ongoing Challenges
 
3 New Immigration and the American Nation: A Framework for Citizenship and
Belonging
 
4 The Politics of Race: Political Identity and the Struggle for Social
Rights
 
5 Negotiating Racial Hierarchies: Critical Incorporation, Immigrant
Ideology, and Interminority Relations
 
6 Family, Culture, Gender: Narratives of Ethnic Reconstruction
 
7 Building Community, Crafting Belonging in Multiple Homes
 
8 Becoming “American”: Remaking American National Identity through
Environmental Justice Activism
 
APPENDIX Socio-demographic Information on Second-Generation Laotians Who
Participated in the Study
 
Notes
References
Index