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Laotian daughters : working toward community, belonging, and environmental justice / Bindi V. Shah.

By: Shah, Bindi V, 1960-.
Series: Asian American history and culture: Publisher: Philadelphia, PA : Temple University Press, 2012Description: xi, 201 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9781439908150 (pbk.); 9781439908136 (hbk.).Subject(s): Asian Pacific Environmental Network | Laotian Americans -- California -- Contra Costa County | Teenage girls -- California -- Contra Costa County | Children of immigrants -- California -- Contra Costa County | Environmental justice -- California -- Contra Costa County | Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Race relations -- Case studiesDDC classification: 305.895073
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".
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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".