Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. 1. Introduction: Emerging Voices of Underrepresented Asian Americans 1
5. Part I. Emerging Consciousness: Emigration and Ethnic Identity
6. 2. From Laos to America: The Hmong Community in the United States 17
7. 3. Cultural Transition and Adjustment: The Experiences of the Mong in the United States 34
8. 4. The Role of Ethnic Leaders in the Refugee Community: A Case Study of the Lowland Lao in the American Midwest 52
9. 5. “Displaced People” Adjusting to New Cultural Vocabulary: Tibetan Immigrants in North America 71
10. 6. Unity and Diversity among Indonesian Migrants to the United States 90
11. 7. Dynamics, Intricacy, and Multiplicity of Romani Identity in the United States 109
12. 8. Community Identity of Kashmiri Hindus in the United States 126
13. Part II. Emerging Contributions: Gender, Work, Religion, and Education
14. 9. Thai Americans: Performing Gender 145
15. 10. The Gender of Practice: Some Findings among Thai Buddhist Women in Northern California 160
16. 11. Women of the Temple: Burmese Immigrants, Gender, and Buddhism in a U.S. Frame 183
17. 12. The Function of Ethnicity in the Adaptation of Burmese Religious Practices 199
18. 13. Parent-Child Conflict within the Mong Family 218
19. 14. Hmong American Contemporary Experience 236
20. Contributors 255
21. Index 259