Bamboo Among the Oaks: Contemporary Writing by Hmong Americans
Autor Mai Neng Mouaen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 sep 2002
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Minnesota Book Award (2003)
In this groundbreaking anthology, first-and second-generation Hmong Americans--the first to write creatively in English--share their perspectives on being Hmong in America. In stories, poetry, essays, and drama, these writers address the common challenges of immigrants adapting to a new homeland: preserving ethnic identity and traditions, assimilating to and battling with the dominant culture, negotiating generational conflicts exacerbated by the clash of cultures, and developing new identities in multiracial America. Many pieces examine Hmong history and culture and the authors' experiences as Americans. Others comment on issues significant to the community: the role of women in a traditionally patriarchal culture, the effects of violence and abuse, the stories of Hmong military action in Laos during the Vietnam War. These writers don't pretend to provide a single story of the Hmong; instead, a multitude of voices emerge, some wrapped up in the past, others looking toward the future, where the notion of "Hmong American" continues to evolve.
In her introduction, editor Mai Neng Moua describes her bewilderment when she realized that anthologies of Asian American literature rarely contained even one selection by a Hmong American. In 1994, she launched a Hmong literary journal, Paj Ntaub Voice, and in the first issue asked her readers "Where are the Hmong American voices?" Now this collection--containing selections from the journal as well as new submissions--offers a chorus of voices from a vibrant and creative community of Hmong American writers from across the United States. Contributors: BC, Bee Cha, True Hang, Sharon Her, May Lee, Kou Lor, Pacyinz Lyfoung, Mai Neng Moua, Vayong Moua, Noukou Thao, Bryan Thao Worra, Va-Megn Thoj, Ka Vang, M.S. Vang, Mayli Vang, Soul Choj Vang, Hawj Xiong, Kao Xiong with Dia cha, Pa Xiong, Naly Yang, Peter Yang, Kao Yongvang
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780873514378
ISBN-10: 0873514378
Pagini: 205
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Colecția Borealis Books
ISBN-10: 0873514378
Pagini: 205
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Colecția Borealis Books
Premii
- Minnesota Book Award Finalist, 2003