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  E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1007131130 Title: Becoming refugee American : the politics of rescue in Little Saigon Author: Phuong Tran Nguyen Publisher: Urbana, IL : University of Illinois Press, 2017. ISBN/ISSN: 9780252099953 0252099958 OCLC:1007131130

  
  

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Becoming refugee American : the politics of rescue in Little Saigon

Author:	Phuong Tran Nguyen
Publisher:	Urbana, IL : University of Illinois Press, 2017.
Series:	Asian American experience.
Edition/Format:	eBook : Document : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	"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."--Back cover.  Read more...
Subjects	Vietnamese Americans -- Race identity -- California. Américains d'origine vietnamienne -- Identité ethnique -- Californie. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. View all subjects
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