The Border Within Vietnamese Migrants Transforming Ethnic Nationalism in Berlin

When the Berlin Wall fell, Germany united in a wave of euphoria and solidarity. Also caught in the current were Vietnamese border crossers who had left their homeland after its reunification in 1975. Unwilling to live under socialism, one group resettled in West Berlin as refugees. In the name of so...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Su, Phi Hong
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California Stanford University Press 2022, ©2022
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Collection: DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1 Border Crossings
  • 2 Making Northerners and Southerners
  • 3 Making Refugees and Contract Workers
  • 4 Ranking the Ethnic Nation
  • 5 Choosing Friends and Picking Sides
  • 6 Buddhist Meditations in Northern and Southern Accents
  • 7 After Border Crossings
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix: Research Notes
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index