Family Tightrope The Changing Lives of Vietnamese Americans

Name: Family Tightrope The Changing Lives of Vietnamese Americans
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ISBN: 9780691021157

ISBN-10: 0691021155

ISBN-13: 9780691021157

Edition: 1993

Authors: Nazli Kibria

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In recent years the popular media have described Vietnamese Americans as the quintessential American immigrant success story, attributing their accomplishments to the values they learn in the traditional, stable, hierarchical confines of their family. Questioning the accuracy of such family portrayals, Nazli Kibria draws on in-depth interviews and participant observation with Vietnamese immigrants in Philadelphia to show how they construct their family lives in response to the social and economic challenges posed by migration and resettlement. To a surprising extent, the "traditional" family unit rarely exists, and its hierarchical organization has been greatly altered.

Book details

List price: $51.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 3/26/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.13" long x 0.22" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Assimilation, Adaptation, and Immigrant Life



The Study and the Setting



Vietnamese Roots



Patchworking: Households in the Economy



The Family Tightrope: Gender Relations



Generation Gaps



The Changing Contours of Vietnamese American Family Life


Bibliography


Index