Songs of the caged, songs of the free : music and the Vietnamese refugee experience / Adelaida Reyes.

Author/creator Reyes, Adelaida
Format Book
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Temple University Press, 1999.
Descriptionxix, 218 pages : illustrations, music ; 22 cm
Subjects

Contents Part I: The journey. First asylum: the camp in Palawan, Philippines -- Springboard to resettlement: the refugee processing center -- Part II: The transplanted life. Vietnamese in New Jersey: the birth of community -- Orange County, California, and the Vietnamese -- Vietnamese Americans in Orange County: the musical life -- Codetta: After normalization.
Abstract Brings history, politics, and research to the author's study of four resettlement communities, including refugee centers in Palawan and Bataan, the early refugee community in New Jersey, and the largest of all Vietnamese communities Little Saigon, in southern California's Orange County. This title looks at diasporic Vietnamese in each location.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 201-209) and index.
LCCN 98054778
ISBN1566396859 (alk. paper)
ISBN1566396867 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML3560.V5 R49 1999 ✔ Available Place Hold