Cultural Conflict and Adaptation: The Case of Hmong Children in American Society

ISBN-13: 9781032363202 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 132 str.

Elizabeth Kirton

Opis

Cultural Conflict and Adaptation (1990) examines the alienation and cultural conflicts faced at school by the children of a small group of Hmong who have settled in La Playa, California. The educational process for these children is an example of cultural conflict and adjustment patterns, a common immigrant experience.

Spis treści

1. Culture Conflict and the American Dream  2. Ethnohistory of the Hmong People  3. The Hmong at La Playa  4. Becoming American Through Schooling  5. Seven ‘Learning Disabled’ Indochinese: Institutional Approach to Children Facing Culture Conflict  6. Culture and Minority Achievement: Implications for Research and Institutional Practice

O autorze

Henry T. Trueba, Lila Jacobs and Elizabeth Kirton