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Becoming Refugee American: The Politics of Rescue in Little Saigon by Phuong Tran Nguyen (Hardcover, 2017)

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Vietnamese refugees fleeing the fall of South Vietnam faced a paradox. The same guilt-ridden America that only reluctantly accepted them expected, and rewarded, expressions of gratitude for their rescue. Meanwhile, their status as refugees-as opposed to willing immigrants-profoundly influenced their cultural identity. Phuong Tran Nguyen examines the phenomenon of refugee nationalism among Vietnamese Americans in Southern California. Here, the residents of Little Saigon keep alive nostalgia for the old regime and, by extension, their claim to a lost statehood. Their refugee nationalism is less a refusal to assimilate than a mode of becoming, in essence, a distinct group of refugee Americans. Nguyen examines the factors that encouraged them to adopt this identity. His analysis also moves beyond the familiar rescue narrative to chart the intimate yet contentious relationship these Vietnamese Americans have with their adopted homeland. Nguyen sets their plight within the context of the Cold War, an era when Americans sought to atone for broken promises but also saw themselves as providing a sanctuary for people everywhere fleeing communism.

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University of Illinois Press
ISBN-13
9780252041358
eBay Product ID (ePID)
28046375037

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Author
Phuong Tran Nguyen
Publication Name
Becoming Refugee American: the Politics of Rescue in Little Saigon
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Social Sciences, Transportation, History
Publication Year
2017
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
236 Pages

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229mm
Item Width
152mm

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Phuong Tran Nguyen
Series Title
Asian American Experience
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United States

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