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- W611626970 abstract "Analysis of a case of a Lao ghost haunting refugees from Laos who have resettled in Seattle demonstrates that their cultural reintegration requires not only the accommodation to American behaviors and beliefs that is the concern of resettlement policies and programs. Their integration into USA society also requires reevaluation of their heritage as ethnic Lao. The necessity for the reevaluation stems from confusion, uncertainty and suffering over their ethnic identity. As refugees, as people who have fled their homeland and heritage, and settled permanently in a foreign continent, are they still Lao? The paper documents part of their search for cultural answers to the questions Why are we refugees?, Can we be Lao even in American cities?, and Were we wrong for leaving our country and loved ones behind? By answering such questions, they reconstruct their view of themselves in their new context. A Cultural Interpretation of the Refugee Experience In the 20th century, world and regional wars, together with the evolution of the United Nations, have resulted in refugees being defined in terms of international politics, as human jetsam broken off from developing and warring nation states.2 The literature describing refugees is predominantly in the fields of political science (DfSouza 1985; Etzioni 1981; Fass 1985; Gordenker 1983; Scanlon 1982; Stein 1983; Zolberg 1986; Zucker 1983), sociology and mi-" @default.
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- W611626970 title "Resettled Refugees' Reconstruction Of Identity: Lao In Seattle" @default.
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