Bindi V. ShahLaotian Daughters: Working Toward Community, Belonging, and Environmental Justice
Bindi V. ShahLaotian Daughters: Working Toward Community, Belonging, and Environmental Justice
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How environmental activism in youth shapes political engagement and citizenship for Laotian American women
Acknowledgments
1 “Where We Live, Where We Work, Where We Play, Where We Learn”: The Asian
Pacific Environmental Network
2 From Agent Orange to Superfund Sites to Anti-immigrant Sentiments:
Multiple Voyages, Ongoing Challenges
3 New Immigration and the American Nation: A Framework for Citizenship and
Belonging
4 The Politics of Race: Political Identity and the Struggle for Social
Rights
5 Negotiating Racial Hierarchies: Critical Incorporation, Immigrant
Ideology, and Interminority Relations
6 Family, Culture, Gender: Narratives of Ethnic Reconstruction
7 Building Community, Crafting Belonging in Multiple Homes
8 Becoming “American”: Remaking American National Identity through
Environmental Justice Activism
APPENDIX Socio-demographic Information on Second-Generation Laotians Who
Participated in the Study
Notes
References
Index