The Viet Kieu in America
Personal Accounts of Postwar Immigrants from Vietnam
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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.
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Bibliographic Details
Edited by Nghia M. Vo
Format: softcover (6 x 9)
Pages: 237
Bibliographic Info: notes, bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2009
pISBN: 978-0-7864-4470-0
eISBN: 978-0-7864-5490-7
Imprint: McFarland
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
I. PEACE AND WAR
1. The Lotus Pond Nghia M. Vo 13
2. Remembering Saigon Nghia M. Vo 29
3. The Vietnam War: Snapshots Chat V. Dang 38
4. A Pilgrim Nghia M. Vo 46
II. OPPRESSION AND ESCAPE
5. My Life as a Zombie Thien M. Ngo 65
6. Anatomy of an Escape Theresa C. Trask 74
7. The Guava Tree Anh Hai 86
8. The So-Called Reeducation Camp Trong T. Ngo 94
9. The Lady in Black Dieu Hien 101
10. A Second Chance Chau Dinh An 110
11. The Wish Thanh Cuc 119
12. My April Thach N. Truong 127
III. STRUGGLE, HEALING AND REMEMBRANCE
13. Shadow of the Past Mai Lien 133
14. A Refugee’s Life Hien V. Ho 138
15. Guam, the Transit Island Nghia M. Vo 157
16. I Left My Heart in … Saigon Nghia M. Vo 165
17. April 30th Thach N. Truong 173
IV. THE PRESENT
18. A Love Affair Christina Vo 179
19. Little Saigon, Westminster, California Nghia M. Vo 183
20. The Journey Home Hieu V. Ho 191
21. On Searching Christina Vo 195
22. On Being a Viet Kieu Nghia M. Vo 199
Epilogue 208
Chapter Notes 217
Suggested Reading 225
Index 227
