Buddha is hiding refugees, citizenship, the new America

This work tells the story of Cambodians whose route takes them from refugee camps to California's inner-city and high-tech enclaves. We see these refugees becoming new citizen-subjects through a dual process of being made and self-making, balancing religious salvation and entrepreneurial values...

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Main Author: Ong, Aihwa.
Language:English
Series:California series in public anthropology ; 5.
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Online Access:Link to e-book
Summary:This work tells the story of Cambodians whose route takes them from refugee camps to California's inner-city and high-tech enclaves. We see these refugees becoming new citizen-subjects through a dual process of being made and self-making, balancing religious salvation and entrepreneurial values.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 333 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2003]
ISBN:9780520937161
9781417522798