Buddha is hiding : refugees, citizenship, the new America

Buddha is hiding : refugees, citizenship, the new America /

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...

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Main Author: Ong, Aihwa
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2003
Series:California series in public anthropology ; 5.
Subjects:
Cambodian Americans > California > Oakland > Social conditions.
Cambodian Americans > California > Oakland > Ethnic identity.
Cambodian Americans > Civil rights > California > Oakland.
Refugees > California > Oakland > Social conditions.
Refugees > Civil rights > California > Oakland.
Citizenship > Social aspects > United States > Case studies.
Oakland (Calif.) > Social conditions.
Oakland (Calif.) > Ethnic relations.
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