Laotian daughters : working toward community, belonging, and environmental justice / Bindi V. Shah.
By: Shah, Bindi V.
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: 305.895073Item type | Current location | Shelf location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Main Collection | Taylor's Library-TU |
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305.895073 SHA 2012 (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | TDSxx,29006,02,GR | 5000130739 |
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".