Latehomecomer (eBook)

A Hmong Family Memoir

Kao Kalia Yang (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
Coffee House Press (Verlag)
978-1-56689-479-1 (ISBN)

Infos

One Hmong familys harrowing escape from war in Laos to the uncertainty of a new home as refugees in Minnesota.Yangs award-winning memoir of her familys harrowing escape from war in Laos is a love letter to her grandmother, a troubling portrait of the consequences of US intervention in Southeast Asia, and a glimpse into the little-seen exodus of the Hmong people, first to refugee camps in Thailand and then, for many, to new homes in Minnesota.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.3.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Schlagworte: Adventure • America • America, Asian, assimilation, cultural, cultures, ethnic, families, first generation, grandmother, history, hmong people, immigrants, immigration, laos, memoirs, Minneapolis, Minnesota, rain forest, refugee camps, refugees, southeast asia, st. paul, Thailand, Vietnam, war • Asian • assimilation • Cultural • Cultures • Escape • Ethnic • Families • first generation • grandmother • History • hmong people • Immigrants • Immigration • Laos • Memoirs • Minneapolis • Minnesota • rain forest • refugee camps • Refugees • Southeast Asia • St. Paul • Thailand • Vietnam • war
• ISBN-10: 1-56689-479-4 / 1566894794
• ISBN-13: 978-1-56689-479-1 / 9781566894791