Laotian daughters : working toward community, belonging, and environmental justice /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Shah, Bindi V., 1960-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2012.
Series:	Asian American history and culture.
Subjects:	Environmental justice > California > Contra Costa County. Children of immigrants > California > Contra Costa County. Teenage girls > California > Contra Costa County. Laotian Americans > California > Contra Costa County. Contra Costa County (Calif.) > Race relations > Case studies. Asian Pacific Environmental Network. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

From Agent Orange to super fund sites to anti-immigrant sentiments : multiple voyages, on-going challenges
New immigration and the American nation : a framework for citizenship and belonging in contemporary United States
The politics of race : political identity and the struggle for social rights
The politics of race : critical incorporation and inter-minority relations
Family, culture, gender : narratives of ethnic reconstruction and meaning among second-generation Laotian women
Building community, crafting belonging
Conclusion : second-generation Laotians becoming "American".