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In recent years the popular media have described Vietnamese Americans as the quintessential American immigrant success story, attributing their accomplishments to the values they learn in the traditional, stable, hierarchical confines of their family. Questioning the accuracy of such family portrayals, Nazli Kibria draws on in-depth interviews and participant observation with Vietnamese immigrants in Philadelphia to show how they construct their family lives in response to the social and economic challenges posed by migration and resettlement. To a surprising extent, the 'traditional' family unit rarely exists, and its hierarchical organization has been greatly altered.

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Book category Knihy po anglicky Society & social sciences Politics & government Political control & freedoms

• Full title: Family Tightrope
• Author: Nazli Kibria
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200
• EAN: 9780691021157
• ISBN: 0691021155
• ID: 01205249
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Weight: 255 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 152 × 11 mm
• Date of publishing: 06. March 1995

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