The Texas Two-Step, Hmong Style: A Delicate Dance Between Culture and Ethnicity

Hmong Studies Journal

关键词: Hmong Americans;    Asian American Studies;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Over the last thirty years since relocation, individual Hmong refugee communities in America have evolved with varying needs and outcomes adding to their complexity and diversity in the United States. There is a noted lack of research that examines these factors calling for further study to help understand the role of locality in the adjustment and diversity of refugees. This research begins a discussion on the unique Hmong adaptation in Texas. Unique and sometimes contradictory local factors deriving from thesocio-political environment of Texas have helped to shape a relatively small, but distinctively cosmopolitan community. This paper argues that Texan economic, environmental, and political differences have forged uncharacteristic understandings andchallenge conventional conceptions of what it means to be Hmong.

【 授权许可】

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