Author

Publication

2003-09-04 - University of California Press

Language

English

Word Count

88,000 words, Guess

Page Count

352 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivebuddhaishidingre00onga
  • ISBN-100520238249
  • ISBN-139780520238244
  • LibraryThing747928
  • Better World Books9780520238244
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCC2003001857

Description

This work tells the story of Cambodians whose route takes them from refugee camps to California's inner-city and high-tech enclaves. We see these refugees becoming new citizen-subjects through a dual process of being made and self-making, balancing religious salvation and entrepreneurial values.

First Sentence

When I moved from Massachusetts to California in the early 1980s, at a time in which the American public saw Asian Americans as people largely of Chinese, Japanese, or Korean ancestry, I was struck by the range of peoples from the Asia Pacific who lived here.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Buddha Is Hiding: Refugees, Citizenship, the New America (Public Anthropology, 5)PaperbackUniversity of California Press2003-09-04

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