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The Hmong refugee community in San Diego: theoretical and practical implications of its continuing ethnic solidarity
Anthropological quarterly • 55 • Published In 1982 • Pages: 146-160
By: Scott, George Morgan.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of the Hmong refugees in San Diego and how they have retained their traditional ethnicity despite strong assimilative forces that threaten to weaken it. These forces are partially external, coming from the mainline American cullture surrounding the Hmong, as well as internal, from their own leadership pressing for cultural change. To explain this assimilaion-contra-assimilation paradox, the author examines a number of factors in Hmong culture, both in the past and in the present, from the standpoint of various theoretical approaches relevant to the literature on ethnicity. 'An approach that addresses the interaction of primordial sentiments, structural conditions, and interest-based ethnic movements is best suited for this purpose, and an attempt is made to apply this understanding to the concerns of refugee policy makers and social service providers' (p. 146-A).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Cultural identity and pride
- Community structure
- Private welfare agencies
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- North American Hmong
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1991
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1979-1982
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1976-1981
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- San Diego, California, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] George Morgan Scott, Jr.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-160)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hmong Americans