{"product_id":"claiming-place-on-the-agency-of-hmong-women-paperback-softback-9780816697786","title":"Claiming Place; On the Agency of Hmong Women (Paperback \/ softback) 9780816697786","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eClaiming Place\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eOn the Agency of Hmong Women\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eChia Youyee Vang (Edited by), Faith Nibbs (Edited by), Ma Vang (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780816697786\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 10 March 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e368 pages, 6\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 5.1 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"An important work for Asian American studies and ethnic studies.\"-\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This book should be hailed as a novel and welcome contribution to gender studies among Asian Americans.\"-\u003ci\u003ePacific Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCountering the idea of Hmong women as victims, the contributors to this pathbreaking volume demonstrate how the prevailing scholarly emphasis on Hmong culture and men as the primary culprits of women’s subjugation perpetuates the perception of a Hmong premodern status and renders unintelligible women’s nuanced responses to patriarchal strategies of domination both in the United States and in Southeast Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eClaiming Place\u003c\/i\u003e expands knowledge about the Hmong lived reality while contributing to broader conversations on sexuality, diaspora, and agency. While these essays center on Hmong experiences, activism, and popular representations, they also underscore the complex gender dynamics between women and men and address the wider concerns of gendered status of the Hmong in historical and contemporary contexts, including deeply embedded notions around issues of masculinity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOrganized to highlight themes of history, memory, war, migration, sexuality, selfhood, and belonging, this book moves beyond a critique of Hmong patriarchy to argue that Hmong women have been and continue to be active agents not only in challenging oppressive societal practices within hierarchies of power but also in creating alternative forms of belonging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContributors: Geraldine Craig, Kansas State U; Leena N. Her, Santa Rosa Junior College; Julie Keown-Bomar, U of Wisconsin–Extension; Mai Na M. Lee, U of Minnesota; Prasit Leepreecha, Chiang Mai U; Aline Lo, Allegheny College; Kong Pha; Louisa Schein, Rutgers U; Cathy J. Schlund-Vials, U of Connecticut; Bruce Thao; Ka Vang, U of Wisconsin–Eau Claire. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Hmong Women, Gender, and Power\u003cbr\u003eChia Youyee Vang, Faith Nibbs, and Ma Vang\u003cbr\u003ePart I. History and Knowledge Production\u003cbr\u003e1. Rewriting Hmong Women in Western Texts\u003cbr\u003eLeena N. Her\u003cbr\u003e2. Rechronicling Histories: Toward a Hmong Feminist Perspective \u003cbr\u003eMa Vang\u003cbr\u003e3. Rethinking Hmong Women’s Wartime Sacrifices: On Gender and Sexuality\u003cbr\u003eChia Youyee Vang\u003cbr\u003ePart II. Social Organization and Kinship\u003cbr\u003e4. The Women of “Dragon Capital”: Marriage Alliances and the Rise of Vang Pao\u003cbr\u003eMai Na Lee\u003cbr\u003e5. Hmong Women, Family Assets, and Community Cultural Wealth\u003cbr\u003eJulie Keown-Bomar and Ka Vang\u003cbr\u003e6. Divorced Hmong Women in Thailand: Negotiating Cultural Space\u003cbr\u003ePrasit Leepreecha\u003cbr\u003ePart III. Art and Media \u003cbr\u003e7. Hmong Women on the Web: Transforming Power through Social Networking\u003cbr\u003eFaith Nibbs\u003cbr\u003e8. Stitching Hmongness into Cloth: Pliable Identity and Cultural Agency\u003cbr\u003eGeraldine Craig\u003cbr\u003e9. Reel Women: Diasporic Cinema and Female Collectivity in Abel Vang’s \u003ci\u003eNyab Siab Zoo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAline Lo \u003cbr\u003ePart IV. Gender and Sexuality\u003cbr\u003e10. Thinking Diasporic Sex: Cultures, Erotics, and Media across Hmong Worlds\u003cbr\u003eLouisa Schein\u003cbr\u003e11. Dangerous Questions: Queering Gender in the Hmong Diaspora\u003cbr\u003eBruce Thao\u003cbr\u003e12. Finding Queer Hmong America: Gender, Sexuality, Culture, and Happiness among Hmong LGBTQ\u003cbr\u003eKong Pha\u003cbr\u003eAfterword\u003cbr\u003eCathy Schlund-Vials\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eContributors\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Univ Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52570086277400,"sku":"9780816697786","price":20.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/claiming-place-on-the-agency-of-hmong-women-paperback-softback-9780816697786","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}