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Memory is another country : women of the Vietnamese diaspora
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Memory is another country : women of the Vietnamese diaspora

Author: Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen
Publisher: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, ©2009.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : English
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"The act of remembering is a means of bringing the past alive, and an imaginative way of dealing with loss. It has been the subject of much recent scholarship, and is of particular relevance at a time of widespread transnational migration. For refugees, memory acquires a particular power and poignancy, since the country that they remember is now lost to them. The memories of Vietnamese refugees have been molded by  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Biography
Personal narratives, Vietnamese
Interviews
Additional Physical Format: Available also in ebook format
(OCoLC)615600378
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen
ISBN: 9780313360275 0313360278
OCLC Number: 373560939
Description: xii, 212 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Lost photographs --
Sisters and memories --
Women in uniform --
Fragments of war --
Love across cultures --
Return journeys.
Responsibility: Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen.

Abstract:

Reveals the experiences of Vietnamese women refugees since the end of the Vietnam War. Based on oral narratives of forty Vietnamese women, this book deals with themes both universal and specific to  Read more...

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"Nguyen's very accessible and engaging work will be of interest to both an academic audience of students and scholars and the broader audience with an interest in women's studies, ethnic studies,

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