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Focusing on the experiences of Hmong American students and educators, this book examines the cultural memory and educational dynamics within a colonial framework. It reveals how the American education system contributes to the erasure of Hmong cultural heritage through a politics of forgetting. Drawing from ethnographic research, it highlights the struggles of students balancing academic life with cultural identity, including grassroots initiatives like the Hmong Cultural Club. The work emphasizes the agency of the Hmong community in resisting assimilation and challenging dominant narratives through storytelling and cultural resurgence.
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Re-membering Culture, Bic Ngo
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2024
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- Titel
- Re-membering Culture
- Untertitel
- Erasure and Renewal in Hmong American Education
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Bic Ngo
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2024
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 248
- ISBN13
- 9781517910754
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Sachbücher, Sozialwissenschaften, Ethnographie
- Beschreibung
- Focusing on the experiences of Hmong American students and educators, this book examines the cultural memory and educational dynamics within a colonial framework. It reveals how the American education system contributes to the erasure of Hmong cultural heritage through a politics of forgetting. Drawing from ethnographic research, it highlights the struggles of students balancing academic life with cultural identity, including grassroots initiatives like the Hmong Cultural Club. The work emphasizes the agency of the Hmong community in resisting assimilation and challenging dominant narratives through storytelling and cultural resurgence.