Emerging Voices: Experiences of Underrepresented Asian Americans

Contents

vii Contents Acknowledgments ix 1 Introduction: Emerging Voices of Underrepresented Asian Americans 1 Huping Ling Part I Emerging Consciousness: Emigration and Ethnic Identity 2 From Laos to America: The Hmong Community in the United States 17 Franklin Ng 3 Cultural Transition and Adjustment: The Experiences of the Mong in the United States 34 Paoze Thao 4 The Role of Ethnic Leaders in the Refugee Community: A Case Study of the Lowland Lao in the American Midwest 52 Pamela A. De Voe 5 “Displaced People” Adjusting to New Cultural Vocabulary: Tibetan Immigrants in North America 71 Yosay Wangdi 6 Unity and Diversity among Indonesian Migrants to the United States 90 Clark E. Cunningham viii Contents 7 Dynamics, Intricacy, and Multiplicity of Romani Identity in the United States 109 Suzuko Morikawa 8 Community Identity of Kashmiri Hindus in the United States 126 Haley Duschinski Part II Emerging Contributions: Gender, Work, Religion, and Education 9 Thai Americans: Performing Gender 145 Jiemin Bao 10 The Gender of Practice: Some Findings among Thai Buddhist Women in Northern California 160 Todd LeRoy Perreira 11 Women of the Temple: Burmese Immigrants, Gender, and Buddhism in a U.S. Frame 183 Tamara C. Ho 12 The Function of Ethnicity in the Adaptation of Burmese Religious Practices 199 Joseph Cheah 13 Parent-Child Conflict within the Mong Family 218 Chimeng Yang 14 Hmong American Contemporary Experience 236 Kou Yang Notes on Contributors 255 Index 259 ...