Book
The integration of Hmong adults into American society through the community college: a participatory study of the possibilities of cultural preservation
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1990 • Pages:
By: Janssens, Luc Ghislain.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work assesses the effectiveness of Hmong integration into American society by way of the community college, and how the college can help the Hmong in the adjustment process. Values and beliefs are examined in this study in order to determine which assist or hinder the Hmong in the assimilation process. Special attention is also directed to those areas of conflict and tension between Hmong and American students and their instructors. Adapting Friere's theories to his research program Janssens conducted interviews with five Hmong students and five instructors at Merced Community College. Several months later the instructors and Hmong students were given an analysis of the initial findings, and were asked to clarify their original views and suggest ways of resolving the problems identified in the first interview. As a result of this process students gained an insight into thier cultural differences and were made to realize their need to balance adjustment to American society with a continuation of their own Hmong identity. Much of the data in the source are presented in the format of interview questions and answers, and often contain speculative observations.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Interviewing in research
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Ethos
- Labor and leisure
- Mutual aid
- Gender status
- Social relationships and groups
- Household
- Extended families
- Clans
- Liberal arts education
- Status and treatment of the aged
- 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
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Educator
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary 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
- 1981-1986
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1950s - 1980s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Merced, California, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Luc Ghislain Janssens
- Thesis (Ed.D.) - University of San Francisco, 1987
- UM 8718313
- Original 2 volumes repaginated as: 2, 4, 569 p.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 302-310)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hmong Americans