Book
Cultural conflict and adaptation: the case of Hmong children in American society
The Falmer Press • New York • Published In 1990 • Pages:
By: Trueba, Henry T., Jacobs, Lila, Kirton, Elizabeth.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of the cultural adaptation of Indochinese children (particularly Hmong) to American mainstream society in the community of La Playa in southern California. Emphasis is on assimilation of the Hmong into the American educational system and problems that have resulted. These problems include differential adjustment to the school system, teachers' prejudices against minority students, and efforts on the part of schools to promote the adjustment of the children and their families. The source concludes with an analysis of the theoretical and practical significance of this study in the education of minority groups. This section deals not only with the theoretical implications of education, but also with the background of several so-called 'learning disabled' Indochinese children, as well as with general problems of educating minority populations.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Research methods
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Speech
- Internal migration
- External migration
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Public welfare
- Aftermath of combat
- Education system
- Elementary education
- Educational theory and methods
- Students
- 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 TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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.
- 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
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1975-1985
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- La Playa, California, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Henry T. Trueba, Lila Jacobs, and Elizabeth Kirton
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-149) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 89029133
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hmong Americans