From Missionaries to Main Street (eBook)

The Story of One Sgaw Karen Family in the United States

Daniel Gilhooly (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2023
166 Seiten
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-80073-809-6 (ISBN)

Infos

The Htoo family, who are Sgaw Karen and originally from Burma, resettled in Georgia in the United States refugee resettlement program in 2007. This book chronicles their life in their new country. While the Htoo family's story is singular, the family's experiences in Burma, Thai refugee camps, and their experiences in the US are representative of other refugees from Burma and beyond. The book provides historical and cultural information on the Sgaw Karen people against the backdrop of the Htoo family's path from Burma to Thailand. It also explores the Htoo children's home and school learning experiences and their relationship with the author as teacher, collaborator, and friend.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.1.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Burmese independence • Collaborative research • Decimal generations • dialogic learning • Earning rapport • friendship as method • Interpretive-biography • Karen Christian churches in the USA • Karen insurgency • Karen refugees • Karen Resettlement • Modern Karen history • participatory action research • Paulo Freire • Refugee and Migration Studies, Anthropology (General), Sociology • Refugee resettlement • Sgaw Karen culture • Sgaw Karen history • Sgaw Karen identity • Sgaw Karen language • Sgaw Karen people • Sgaw Karen religion • Sgaw Karen superstitions • Student biographies • Teaching and learning
• ISBN-10: 1-80073-809-9 / 1800738099
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80073-809-6 / 9781800738096