The Viet Kieu in America: Personal Accounts of Postwar Immigrants from Vietnam
by Vo, Nghia M.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-08-28
Publisher(s): McFarland Publishing
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Summary
Vietnamese make up one of the largest refugee populations in the United States, some arriving by boat in 1975 after the fall of Saigon and others coming in the 1990s. This collection of 22 essays by 14 authors illuminates Vietnamese-American culture, views of freedom and oppression, and the issues of relocation, assimilation and transition for two million people. It contains personal experiences of the Vietnam War, life under Communist rule, and escape to America.
Author Biography
Nghia M. Vo, a Vietnamese-American, is deeply interested in researching, documenting, and promoting Vietnamese culture within the Vietnamese and American communities. He helped found the Saigon Arts, Culture & Education Institute, and has written several books on the Vietnamese culture.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Peace and War | |
| The Lotus Pond | p. 13 |
| Remembering Saigon | p. 29 |
| The Vietnam War: Snapshots | p. 38 |
| A Pilgrim | p. 46 |
| Oppression and Escape | |
| My Life as a Zombie | p. 65 |
| Anatomy of an Escape | p. 74 |
| The Guava Tree | p. 86 |
| The So-Called Reeducation Camp | p. 94 |
| The Lady in Black | p. 101 |
| A Second Chance | p. 110 |
| The Wish | p. 119 |
| My April | p. 127 |
| Struggle, Healing and Remembrance | |
| Shadow of the Past | p. 133 |
| A Refugee's Life | p. 138 |
| Guam, the Transit Island | p. 157 |
| I Left My Heart inàSaigon | p. 165 |
| April 30th | p. 173 |
| The Present | |
| A Love Affair | p. 179 |
| Little Saigon, Westminster, California | p. 183 |
| The Journey Home | p. 191 |
| On Searching | p. 195 |
| On Being a Viet Kieu | p. 199 |
| Epilogue | p. 208 |
| Chapter Notes | p. 217 |
| Suggested Reading | p. 225 |
| Index | p. 227 |
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