BOOKS - Family Tightrope
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Family Tightrope
Author: Nazli Kibria
Year: October 4, 1993
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 624 KB
Language: English
Year: October 4, 1993
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 624 KB
Language: English
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 and "traditional and " family unit rarely exists, and its hierarchical organization has been greatly altered.
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