I have general knowledge of Asian Americans, and the only exposure I got to Asian Asian history was in college level Western-centric world history classes. I actually picked up more about Asian history via East Asian pop culture references like in manga and manhwa, but I'm wary over the accuracy of the history. With Asian American knowledge, what I notice is that the bulk of the references go to East Asians, sometimes stuff with South Asians, but I rarely run across SE Asian and Pacific Islander stuff. So sometimes I feel woefully ignorant.
I read the Fadiman book. I don't recall it being very sociopolitical, but it does go into why and how the Hmong migrated to the USA, and gives some basic rundown on Hmong-Americans. What I mostly recall was the different cultural attitudes and values towards health and illness, medical treatment, and children--and how things can get really messed up.
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Tue, Jan. 29th, 2008 02:14 am (UTC)I read the Fadiman book. I don't recall it being very sociopolitical, but it does go into why and how the Hmong migrated to the USA, and gives some basic rundown on Hmong-Americans. What I mostly recall was the different cultural attitudes and values towards health and illness, medical treatment, and children--and how things can get really messed up.