Khmer American : identity and moral education in a diasporic community / Nancy J. Smith-Hefner.

By:

Smith-Hefner, Nancy Joan

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780520920866
0520920864
0585283540
9780585283548

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Khmer American.DDC classification:

305.895/93074461 21

LOC classification:

F73.9.K45 S65 1999eb

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Contents:

Identity and transition -- To be Khmer is to be Buddhist -- Early socialization: observing the child -- Moral education: the child within the family -- Schooling in America -- Sexuality and marriage -- The search for the middle path.

Summary: Based on long-term research among Cambodians residing in metropolitan Boston, this rich ethnography provides a vivid and moving portrait of the trials and tribulations of Khmer American culture, seen from the perspective of elders attempting to preserve Khmer Buddhism in a deeply unfamiliar world. With particular emphasis on Khmer conceptions of personhood, morality, and sexuality, Nancy J. Smith-Hefner considers how this cultural heritage influences the performance of Khmer children in American schools and, ultimately determines Khmer engagement with American culture.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-230) and index.

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Based on long-term research among Cambodians residing in metropolitan Boston, this rich ethnography provides a vivid and moving portrait of the trials and tribulations of Khmer American culture, seen from the perspective of elders attempting to preserve Khmer Buddhism in a deeply unfamiliar world. With particular emphasis on Khmer conceptions of personhood, morality, and sexuality, Nancy J. Smith-Hefner considers how this cultural heritage influences the performance of Khmer children in American schools and, ultimately determines Khmer engagement with American culture.

English.

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