Vang History on the Run

Secrecy, Fugitivity, and Hmong Refugee Epistemologies
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-4780-1284-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 271 Seiten

Ma Vang examines the experiences of Hmong refugees who migrated to the United States following the secret war in Laos (1961–1975) to theorize “history on the run” as a framework for understanding refugee histories, in particular those of the Hmong.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vang, Ma

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction. The Lost Bag and the Refugee Archive 1
1. Secrecy as Knowledge 27
2. Missing Things: State Secrets and U.S. Cold War Policy toward Laos 57
3. The Refugee Soldier: A Critique of Recognition and Citizenship in the Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 1997 93
4. The Terrorist Ally: The Case against General Vang Pao 117
5. The Refugee Grandmother: Silence as Presence in The Latehomecomer and Gran Torino 145
Epilogue. Geographic Stories for Refugee Return 179
Notes 189
Bibliography 231
Index 251

Über Autor(innen)

Ma Vang is Assistant Professor of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Merced, and coeditor of Claiming Place: On the Agency of Hmong Women.