History on the run : secrecy, fugitivity, and Hmong refugee epistemologies /

"Ma Vang examines the experiences of Hmong refugees who migrated to the United States following the secret war in Laos (1961-1975) to theorize "history on the run" as a framework for understanding refugee histories, in particular those of the Hmong."--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vang, Ma, 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2021.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • The Lost Bag and the Refugee Archive
  • Secrecy as Knowledge
  • Missing Things: State Secrets and U.S. Cold War Policy toward Laos
  • The Refugee Soldier: A Critique of Recognition and Citizenship in the Hmong
  • Veterans' Naturalization Act of
  • The Terrorist Ally: The Case against General Vang Pao
  • The Refugee Grandmother: Silence as Presence in The Latehomecomer and Gran
  • Torino
  • Geographic Stories for Refugee Return.