Natives of a Ghost Country
Natives of a Ghost Country
The Vietnamese in Houston and Their Construction of a Postwar Community
This chapter identifies the significant factors impacting the emergence and establishment of the refugee Vietnamese American community in Houston, Texas. Vietnamese Houstonians have responded and continue to respond to their migration, racialization, and marginalization in several ways. They have constructed spatiality by developing an emerging and vibrant postwar community in the Greater Houston metropolitan area (GMHA) through challenging racisms; reformulating transhistorical nationalism and political participation; creating small, well-defined social communities; shifting their central business districts; and establishing religious, linguistic, and social service institutions. Ultimately, Vietnamese Houstonians have created an exceptional, multimodal community that remains in flux, responding to the constant changes and challenges that they have faced and endured.
Keywords: Vietnamese Houstonians, migration, racialization, marginalization, multimodal community, transhistorical nationalism, Vietnamese American community
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