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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
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- Author
- Phuong Tran Nguyen
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780252041358
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- Science, History, Sociology
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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