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Becoming Refugee American - The Politics of Rescue in Little Saigon (Paperback)
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Becoming Refugee American - The Politics of Rescue in Little Saigon (Paperback)
Series: Asian American Experience
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Vietnamese refugees fleeing the fall of South Vietnam faced a
paradox. The same guilt-ridden America that only reluctantly
accepted them expected, and rewarded, expressions of gratitude for
their rescue. Meanwhile, their status as refugees-as opposed to
willing immigrants-profoundly influenced their cultural identity.
Phuong Tran Nguyen examines the phenomenon of refugee nationalism
among Vietnamese Americans in Southern California. Here, the
residents of Little Saigon keep alive nostalgia for the old regime
and, by extension, their claim to a lost statehood. Their refugee
nationalism is less a refusal to assimilate than a mode of
becoming, in essence, a distinct group of refugee Americans. Nguyen
examines the factors that encouraged them to adopt this identity.
His analysis also moves beyond the familiar rescue narrative to
chart the intimate yet contentious relationship these Vietnamese
Americans have with their adopted homeland. Nguyen sets their
plight within the context of the Cold War, an era when Americans
sought to atone for broken promises but also saw themselves as
providing a sanctuary for people everywhere fleeing communism.
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