Grace after genocide : Cambodians in the United States /

Grace after Genocide is the first comprehensive ethnography of Cambodian refugees, charting their struggle to transition from life in agrarian Cambodia to survival in post-industrial America, while maintaining their identities as Cambodians. The ethnography contrasts the lives of refugees who arrive...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mortland, Carol A. (Carol Anne), 1945- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Berghahn Books, [2017]
Subjects:	Khmer (Southeast Asian people) > United States. Refugees > Cambodia. Refugees > United States > Social conditions. Cambodian Americans > Cultural assimilation.

Table of Contents:

From Cambodians to refugees
Being in America
Economic survival
Refugee litanies
Resettlement realities
Family
Parents and children
Community
Cambodian religion
Health
Homeland
Preserving culture
Beyond refugees.