TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lam,Kevin D.
TI  - Youth gangs, racism, and schooling: Vietnamese American youth in a postcolonial context 
T2  - Postcolonial studies in education
AV  - HV6439.U7 C345 2015
U1  - 364.106/6083509794 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Vietnamese American gangs
KW  - California
KW  - Vietnamese American youth
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Education
KW  - Youth and violence
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Vietnamese and US Empire 2. Critical Theories of Racism and Asian American Identities: A Materialist Critique 3. "Theater of the Oppressed": Vietnamese and Asian American Youth Violence 4. "No One is Looking Into Our Shit!": Vietnamese American Youth Gang Narratives 5.Analysis and Synthesis 6.Toward a Pedagogy of the Dispossessed
N2  - "Youth Gangs, Racism, and Schooling examines Vietnamese American youth gang formation in Southern California, with an emphasis on the experiences of those heavily involved in the 1990s. Lam traces the genealogy of the Vietnamese American youth gang phenomenon as part of the conflict in Southeast Asia. He describes the consequences of war and migration for youth as well as their racialization as "Asian-American" subjects. Grounded in the critical narratives of three gang members, Lam addresses themes of racism, violence, class struggle, style, and schooling in an era of anti-youth and anti-immigration legislation in the state and nationally. In this dehumanizing context, Lam frames Vietnamese and Southeast American gang members as post-colonial subjects, offering an alternative analysis toward humanization and decolonization"--
UR  - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4009195
ER  -