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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.
Abstract
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).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1991
- Field Date
- 1979-1982
- Coverage Date
- 1976-1981
- Coverage Place
- San Diego, California, United States
- Notes
- [by] George Morgan Scott, Jr.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-160)
- LCSH
- Hmong Americans