Hearts of Sorrow: Vietnamese-American Lives
Through the life stories of fourteen Vietnamese-Americans, Freeman traces flight after the fall of Saigon, resettlement, and the burdens of memory. The book turns the refugee experience into a layered oral history.
oral historyVietnamese diasporarefugee experiencepostwar memoryresettlement
Work Information
Fourteen voices tell the life that begins after war ends.
James M. Freeman gathers the life stories of fourteen Vietnamese-Americans and organizes them thematically and chronologically around the end of war, escape, and rebuilding life in the United States. The cumulative effect is a powerful account of loss, survival, and renewal.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Stanford Univ Pr
- Published
- 1989-11-01
- Pages
- 446 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 14.61 x 2.54 x 22.23 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780804715850
- ISBN-10
- 0804715858
- Price
- 18358 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Politics & Social Sciences/Social Sciences/Specific Demographics/Minority Studies
The author looks into the lives and hearts of Vietnamese-Americans who have found the inner strength to struggle and create new lives in a new cultural environment