Southeast Asian Archive Newsletter

Spring Quarter 1998; Volume 7, No. 3

Recent Gifts SEA Archive Summer Hours New Student Assistant: Hien Giang Asian American Studies Research Class Summer Vietnamese Language Classes at UCI

Forthcoming Publication Fall Quarter 1998 Southeast Asian/American classes Exhibition: Surf Vietnam Selected Recent Acquisitions

Recent Gifts

Steve S. Arounsack: Copies of Lao Vision magazine, vol. 1:2 (Spring 1998).

Mitchell I. Bonner: Brochures, flyers, newsletters, newspaper articles, and other ephemera relating in large part to Southeast Asian communities in Northern California. Items include Lao and Vietnamese New Year 1998 programs, brochure for the Laotian Organizing Project in West Contra Costa County, flyer concerning the Lao Rattanaram New Temple in Richmond, pamphlet for the San Francisco MAA Youth Center 1995 open house.

Amy Dale: County of Orange Health Care Agency, Vietnamese health promotion report, 1998.

Minh-Tram Dao: Program for the 1998 UCI Vietnamese Student Association Culture Night, Nguoc dong lich su Viet Nam=Back to the future: A Vietnamese history.

Lien Doan: Bound volumes of the English and French editions of Vietnam Magazine, 1970-1973; Vietnam Report, 1972-1973; and Giai-Pham Giup-Ich, 2:8.

Heat Chheng Leao: 1996 Cambodian Business Directory, the U.S-Indochina Reconciliation Project's Cambodian Workshop on Reconstruction and Development, Session II, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 31 January-7 February 1993; Suorsday, vol. 1:4 (1996); Kampuchia: It's people land and culture (pamphlet for Asia Resource Center slideshow); Welaratna, Usha, "Cambodian refugees: factors affecting their assimilation and English language acquisition, CATESOL Journal, Nov. 1988; pamphlets from CORKR and the Cambodian Genocide Project.

Sue Mote: Materials from the Hmong National Development Conference in Denver, April 1998, including a flyer for the play, Hmong! The CIA's Secret Army, scheduled for 1999 performance, Great American History Theatre, St. Paul, Minnesota.

Christian Nguyen: Script, flyers and initial proposal for the 1998 UCI Vietnamese Student Association Culture Night production, Nguoc dong lich su Viet Nam=Back to the future: A Vietnamese history.

Khuong X. Nguyen: Issues of Nguyet San Duc Me Hang Cuu Giup, 141-142, 1998; Tuan Bao Giac Ngo, 102-104,107-109, 1998; Nguyet San Giac Ngo, 23-25, 1998; Dac San Me, 4, 1997; La Thu Kim Son, 1:1, 1998; Ban Tin Minh Dang Quang, 5, 1998; Giai Pham Xuan Minh Dang Quang 1998; Vien Chien, Xuan Mau Dan, 1998; Vien Giac, 103 1998; Chuyen Luan, 8, 1997; Chua Lang Mai, 1998; Books: Thich Thien Tam, Buddhism of wisdom and faith: Pure land principles and practice, (1991); Thich Thien Tam, Pure land Buddhism: Dialogues with ancient masters, (1992); Nhat Hanh Thich, Quan Am Thi Kính (1997).

Phuc-Anh Pho Nguyen: Her autobiography, Gang di cho tron duong tran, 1997.

Thien-An Nguyen & My Thanh Le: Books: Pham Quoc Bao, Dau vet van hoa Viet tren duong Bac My, tap 1-2, 1995; Ishihara, Shintaro, Bay gio Nhat Ban biet noi khong, trans. by Pham Quoc Bao, 1992; Thich Thanh Tu, Buoc dau tren con duong thien, 1991.

Pacific Asia Press: The story of Mah: A Hmong "Romeo and Juliet" folktale, retold by Rosalie Giacchino-Baker, 1997; The Gift: The Hmong New Year, by Ia Xiong, 1996.

Pacific Ties (UCLA): Copies of the March and May 1998 issues.

Deborah Rosen: Her 1998 Ph.D. dissertation, Claremont Graduate University, Music training and cultural transmission: A study of piano pedagogy and the transmission of culture in Vietnam and Thailand.

Prany Sananikone: 1996 Orange County Tet posters.

Dr. Tran Si Lam: Huong Van magazine, nos. 1-2 (1998),

Daniel Tsang: Griswold, Belinda, "Toxic avengers," San Francisco Bay Guardian News, April 1, 1998. (Concerns Laotian teenage girls' activism with the Asian Youth Advocates, a project of the Asian Pacific Environmental Network.)

Van Nghe Publishers: Books: Dinh Si Trang, Dao va duc: ban dich moi tron bo Dao-Duc-Kinh cua Lao Tu, 1998; Do Quyen, Nhin cay thay rung, 1997.

Christina Woo: Boat people: A novel, by Mary Gardner, 1995.

Professor Min Zhou: Her article: "Growing up American: The challenge confronting immigrant children and children of immigrants," Annual Review of Sociology, 23, 1997; articles with Carl L. Bankston III: "Social capital and the adaptation of the second generation: The case of Vietnamese youth in New Orleans," International Migration Review, 28:4, 1994; "The ethnic church, ethnic identification, and the social adjustment of Vietnamese adolescents," Review of Religious Research, 38:1, 1996; "Effects of minority-language literacy on the academic achievement of Vietnamese youth in New Orleans," Sociology of Education, 68, 1995; "Religious participation, ethnic identification, and adaptation of Vietnamese adolescents in an immigrant community," The Sociological Quarterly, 36:3, 1995.

Sincere thanks to all our donors. My apologies to anyone who inadvertently has not been acknowledged here. Your support of the Southeast Asian Archive is truly appreciated.

SEA Archive Summer Hours

New Student Assistant: Hien Giang

Writing about oneself is often the hardest thing to do. I am not that creative. Therefore, I will not try to bore you with so many details of my life. Hello, my name is Hien Giang. I was born in Vietnam and came to the United States when I was ten. I am currently a third year junior majoring in Biology and minoring in Management. I enjoy spending time with my family and friends. In my spare time I love to play volleyball, read, eat ice cream and try new food.

Last year I had the fortune to be the secretary of Project Ngoc, an organization with the purpose of publicizing and supporting the Vietnamese refugees in various camps all over the world. Taking this position has taught me to appreciate the Vietnamese community. This year I am proud to work at the SEA Archive. Working here gives me the opportunity to keep up the Vietnamese language and culture. It's great to be exposed to so many different social and cultural aspects of the Southeast Asian community. Some day I hope to be able to visit all the countries in Southeast Asia.

Asian American Studies Research Class

Professor Dorothy Fujita Rony's winter quarter class, "Research and Methodology for Asian American Studies" used materials from the Southeast Asian Archive as part of their assignments. Each student selected a master's or Ph.D. thesis from the collection to analyze in a short paper. In addition, each student chose an item from the collection of Hmong artifacts donated to the Archive by Guire John Cleary (Southeast Asian Archive Newsletter, vol. 6:3, Spring 1997) to describe and research. Students discussed their artifact in presentations to the class as well as in a short paper.

Summer Vietnamese Language Classes at UCI

It is not too late to sign up for the intensive Vietnamese language classes being offered this summer through UCI Extension. The last day to enroll for the first session (June 29-August 5) without a $25 late fee is Friday, June 26.

S1AB Fundamentals of Vietnamese will be offered Monday through Friday, 9:00-11:50 AM, 204 Humanities Hall. The course is intended for students with little or no knowledge of the Vietnamese language. Emphasis is on mastery of the basic language skills of understanding, speaking, reading and writing. Fee: $605; code: 37200. The instructor is Tin Pham.

The continuing course, S1BC Fundamentals of Vietnamese, will be offered during the second session (August 10-September 16) at the same time and location as the first session. Fee: $605; code: 37205. The last day to enroll without a $25 late fee is August 7. Together the two courses complete the first year of Vietnamese. For more information contact the Summer Sessions office at 949/824-5493.

Forthcoming Publication

The sky is falling: An oral history of the CIA's evacuation of the Hmong from Laos is the culmination of nine years of research on the part of the author, Gayle Morrison. It presents eye-witness accounts by fifty Hmong and American present at the May 1975 evacuation of more than 2500 Hmong officers, soldiers and their families from the Long Cheng air base. In addition, it contains 50 rare and unpublished photos and four maps. Scheduled for publication in August, The sky is falling can be ordered from McFarland Publishers at 1-800-253-2187. The price is $39.95.

Lao Vision Magazine

The first issue of Lao Vision was published in Spring 1997 with the purpose of creating a forum that would raise awareness of issues important to the Lao community, highlight accomplishments of Lao individuals, and in general bring Lao people together. Education is a major theme, including tips from Lao students on college entrance and success. Each issue also has a literature section. Active participation by the readers is encouraged by submitting articles, fictional pieces, artwork, and editorials in either English or Lao languages. Email message and letters are also welcomed. Visit Lao Vision's webpage at http://www.laovision.net/. Lao Vision staff can be contacted through email: staff@laovision.net , & by letter or fax: 816 Aeron Street, Modesto, CA 95351; 209/524-9766.

Fall Quarter 1998 Southeast Asian/American classes

Exhibition: Surf Vietnam

"Surf Vietnam" is the title of an upcoming exhibition project at the Huntington Beach Art Center. The third part of curator Simon Leung's trilogy about the residual space of the Vietnam War, it takes as its main theme the ethical proposition of reconciliation between Vietnam and the United States, mediated by the figure of surfing. Using a New York Times article (September 13, 1992, "Style," p.5) on the return of surfers to China Beach, the exhibition uses the logic of the article's circulation, photographic illustration and elements of its prose to choreograph several meditations on contemporary "returns" to Vietnam, using fiberglass covered foam surf boards with a printed blown-up copy of the newspaper article. As announcements for the exhibition, proto-type boards will be exhibited in various places in Orange County, including the Southeast Asian Archive.

Since Orange County has a substantial population of surfers, veterans and Vietnamese refugees, a primary purpose of the exhibition is to create a space where histories, connections and differences between geographical, ethnic and social communities can be addressed. In addition, the exhibition coincides with the U.S. Open Surfing competition which will take place in Huntington Beach in July.

'Surfing Vietnam" will take place June 28-August 15. For more information contact the Huntington Beach Art Center, 538 Main Street, Huntington Beach, CA 92648; 714/374-1650.

Selected Recent Acquisitions

Bui, Katherine Huong. (1996). Development of a Vietnamese-American press relative to the ethnic press. M.A. thesis, East Texas State University.
PN4885 V53 B85 1996a SE Asian Archive
An historical study of approximately ten Vietnamese language publications in Texas, mainly in Dallas and Houston, examined in the context of earlier ethnic publications in the U.S.

Faderman, Lillian, with Ghia Xiong. (1998). I begin my life all over: The Hmong and the American immigrant experience Boston: Beacon Press.
E184 H55 F83 1998 Southeast Asian Archive
Oral history of the Hmong people in America from the viewpoints of the elderly, youth and 1.5 generations, considered in the context of the author's personal immigration experience.

Hmong musicians in America, 1978-1996. [video]. (1997). As told by Amy Catlin. Van Nuys, CA: Apsara Media for Intercultural Education. (13659 Victory Blvd., Suite 577, Van Nuys, CA 91401)
ML345 L3 H566 1997 SE Asian Archive
The social and musical history of the Hmong is related in the process of telling the story of two senior musicians from Laos who perform for a variety of American audiences. Available in the general documentary edition ($80 + $5 p/h) and Hmong home edition, without funeral footage and with an afterword by Dr. Lue Vang ($40 + $5 p/h). 8.25% CA sales tax.

Lu, Van Thanh. (1997). The inviting call of wandering souls: memoir of an ARVN liaison officer to United States forces in Vietnam who was imprisoned in Communist re-education camps and then escaped. Jefferson, N.C.: MacFarland.
DS556.93 L8 A3 1997 SE Asian Archive
The author's memoirs cover from 1969 up to the present. In 1982 he and his family escaped by boat from Vietnam and now live in Long Beach, California.

Mabry, Philip James. (1996). Resettling Vietnamese Amerasians in the United States. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.
Cataloging in Process.
Examines the "multi-culturalist" logic of the Amerasian Resettlement Program

Mahoney, Therese Mary. (1995). The white parasol and the red star: The Lao classical music culture in a climate of change. Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles.
ML345 L36 M34 1994a SE Asian Archive
Examines the classical music culture of Laos and how it has been used to shape and promote the national image.

Nguyen, Dinh-Hoa. (1997). Vietnamese: Tieng Viet khong son phan. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
PL4374 N427 1997 Southeast Asian Archive
Basic descriptive introduction to Vietnamese grammar.

Ouk, Vibol, with Charles Martin Simon. (1998). Goodnight Cambodia: Forbidden history. Soquel, CA: Dead Trees Are Alive Productions. (4941 East Walnut, No. 6, Soquel CA 95073; 408/477-9221; $25).
Cataloging in Process
Santa Cruz doughnut shop owner Vibol Ouk's personal memoir of the Cambodian holocaust.

Smith, Michael Peter. (1995). Who are the "good guys"? The social construction of the Vietnamese "other". In M. P. Smith & J. R. Feagin (Eds.), The bubbling cauldron: race, ethnicity, and the urban crisis (pp. 50-76). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Journal Articles and Book Chapters File
Analysis of the "Good Guys" hostage taking and homicides in Sacramento and the subsequent representations of its meaning and significance by the police and the media.

Smith-Hefner, Nancy J. (1994). Ethnicity and the force of faith: Christian conversion among Khmer refugees. Anthropological Quarterly, 67(1), 24-37.
Journal Articles and Book Chapters File
Examines the phenomena of Khmer conversions to Christianity in the Boston metropolitan area, which are not large in number, but are characterized by affiliation with evangelical Protestant churches and strict religious orthodoxy.

Sylvester, Ellen Skilton. (1997). Inside, outside and in-between: Identities, literacies and educational policies in the lives of Cambodian women and girls in Philadelphia. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Pennsylvania.
Cataloging in Process
Focus is on the role educational policies and practices play in shaping students' learning, participation and achievement instead of on the characteristics of the students.

True, Gala. (1997). "My soul will come back to trouble you": cultural and ethical issues in the coerced treatment of a Hmong adolescent. Southern Folklore, 54(2), 101-114.
Journal Articles and Book Chapters File
Concerns the conflict between doctors, California authorities and the parents of Lee Lor, a 15 year old Hmong adolescent girl, who is coerced into accepting chemotherapy against the cultural beliefs of her parents.

Waters, Anthony Edward. (1995). The cross-generational socialization of immigrant youth. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Califonia, Davis.
HV9104 W38 1995a Southeast Asian Archive
Examines why youthful crime develops among some immigrant groups and not others. Investigates Laotians, Koreans, Mexicans and Molokan Russians in California.

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