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Book SynopsisTrade Review"An important work for Asian American studies and ethnic studies."—CHOICE
"This book should be hailed as a novel and welcome contribution to gender studies among Asian Americans."—Pacific Affairs
Table of ContentsContents
Introduction: Hmong Women, Gender, and Power
Chia Youyee Vang, Faith Nibbs, and Ma Vang
Part I. History and Knowledge Production
1. Rewriting Hmong Women in Western Texts
Leena N. Her
2. Rechronicling Histories: Toward a Hmong Feminist Perspective
Ma Vang
3. Rethinking Hmong Women’s Wartime Sacrifices: On Gender and Sexuality
Chia Youyee Vang
Part II. Social Organization and Kinship
4. The Women of “Dragon Capital”: Marriage Alliances and the Rise of Vang Pao
Mai Na Lee
5. Hmong Women, Family Assets, and Community Cultural Wealth
Julie Keown-Bomar and Ka Vang
6. Divorced Hmong Women in Thailand: Negotiating Cultural Space
Prasit Leepreecha
Part III. Art and Media
7. Hmong Women on the Web: Transforming Power through Social Networking
Faith Nibbs
8. Stitching Hmongness into Cloth: Pliable Identity and Cultural Agency
Geraldine Craig
9. Reel Women: Diasporic Cinema and Female Collectivity in Abel Vang’s Nyab Siab Zoo
Aline Lo
Part IV. Gender and Sexuality
10. Thinking Diasporic Sex: Cultures, Erotics, and Media across Hmong Worlds
Louisa Schein
11. Dangerous Questions: Queering Gender in the Hmong Diaspora
Bruce Thao
12. Finding Queer Hmong America: Gender, Sexuality, Culture, and Happiness among Hmong LGBTQ
Kong Pha
Afterword
Cathy Schlund-Vials
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Index
