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Nazli Kibria
Family Tightrope [PDF ebook]
The Changing Lives of Vietnamese Americans

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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.

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Nazli Kibria is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Boston University.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 200 ● ISBN 9781400820993 ● File size 0.8 MB ● Publisher Princeton University Press ● City Princeton ● Country US ● Published 1995 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 5488905 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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