Reclaiming Diasporic Identity: Transnational Continuity and National Fragmentation in the Hmong Diaspora

Author:   Sangmi Lee
Publisher:   University of Illinois Press
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9780252045769


Pages:   280
Publication Date:   27 February 2024
Format:   Hardback
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Reclaiming Diasporic Identity: Transnational Continuity and National Fragmentation in the Hmong Diaspora


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The Hmong diaspora radiates from Southeast Asia to include far-flung nations like the United States, New Zealand, and Argentina. Sangmi Lee draws on the concept of diasporic identity to explore the contemporary experiences of Hmong people living in Vang Vieng, Laos, and Sacramento, California. Hmong form a sense of belonging based on two types of experiences: shared transnational cultural and social relations across borders; and national differences that arise from living in separate countries. As Lee shows, these disparate influences contribute to a dual sense of belonging but also to a transnational mobility and cultural fluidity that defies stereotypes of Hmong as a homogenous people bound to one place. Lee’s on-the-ground fieldwork lends distinctive detail to communities and individuals while her theoretically informed approach clarifies and refines what it means when already hybrid and dynamic identities become diasporic. In-depth and interdisciplinary, Reclaiming Diasporic Identity blends ethnography and history to provide a fresh consideration of Hmong life today.

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Author:   Sangmi Lee
Publisher:   University of Illinois Press
Imprint:   University of Illinois Press
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780252045769


ISBN 10:   0252045769
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   27 February 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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“The author uses highly original methods to address the complexities, nuances, and challenges of understanding identities and senses of belonging among the Hmong diaspora. The linking of the Hmong communities in central Laos and Sacramento, California, is a particularly novel approach that pushes forward new understandings of community and belonging that transcends borders.”--Vanessa L. Fong, author of Paradise Redefined: Transnational Chinese Students and the Quest for Flexible Citizenship in the Developed World


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Sangmi Lee is an assistant professor of anthropology at Arizona State University.

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