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10%OFFChan, Sucheng. Ed(S): Chan, Sucheng - Hmong Means Free - 9781566391634 - V9781566391634
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Hmong Means Free

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Description for Hmong Means Free Paperback. A collection of personal testimonies by three generations of Hmong refugees. Reflecting on the homes left behind, their narratives chronicle the difficulties of forging a new identity. Editor(s): Chan, Sucheng. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations, maps, portraits. BIC Classification: HBJF; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.

This collection of evocative personal testimonies by three generations of Hmong refugees is the first to describe their lives in Laos as slash-and-burn farmers, as refugees after a Communist government came to power in 1975, and as immigrants in the United States. Reflecting on the homes left behind, their narratives chronicle the difficulties of forging a new identity.

From Jou Yee Xiong's Life Story: 
"I stopped teaching my sons many of the Hmong ways because I felt my ancestors and I had suffered enough already. I thought that teaching my children the old ways would only place a burden on them."

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From Xang Mao Xiong's Life Story: 
"When the Communists took over Laos and General Vang Pao fled with his family, we, too, decided to leave. Not only my family, but thousands of Hmong tried to flee. I rented a car for thirty thousand Laotian dollars, and it took us to Nasu…. We felt compelled to leave because many of us had been connected to the CIA…. Thousands of Hmong were traveling on foot. Along the way, many of them were shot and killed by Communist soldiers. We witnessed a bloody massacre of civilians."

From Vue Vang's Life Story: 
"Life was so hard in the [Thai refugee] camp that when we found out we could go to the United States, we did not hesitate to grasp the chance. We knew that were we to remain in the camp, there would be no hope for a better future. We would not be able to offer our children anything better than a life of perpetual poverty and anguish."

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Series
Asian American History and Culture Series
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781566391634
SKU
V9781566391634
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About Chan, Sucheng. Ed(S): Chan, Sucheng
Sucheng Chan, Professor and Chair of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, is general editor of Temple's Asian American History and Culture Series.

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