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Transnationalizing Viet Nam: Community, Culture, and Politics in the Diaspora
Author(s): Kieu-Linh Caroline Valverde (Author)
- Publisher: Temple University Press
- Publication Date: 5 Oct. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 198 pages
- ISBN-10: 1439906793
- ISBN-13: 9781439906798
Book Description
Vietnamese diasporic relations affect—and are directly affected by—events in Viet Nam. In Transnationalizing Viet Nam, Kieu-Linh Caroline Valverde explores these connections, providing a nuanced understanding of this globalized community. Valverde draws on 250 interviews and almost two decades of research to show the complex relationship between Vietnamese in the diaspora and those back at the homeland.In the series Asian American History and Culture, edited by Sucheng Chan, David Palumbo-Liu, Michael Omi, K. Scott Wong, and Linda Trinh Võ
Editorial Reviews
Review
“It serves as an invaluable resource for students and researchers interested in understanding the Vietnamese American community…. [A]n important foundation for the study of Vietnamese diaspora.”—Amerasia
About the Author
Kieu-Linh Caroline Valverde is Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Davis.
