ASIAN AM 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Asian American Literature, Asian Americans, Kao Kalia Yang
10 Dec 2016
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When the grandmother died, she journeyed back to laos. The grandmother went back to where she came from: the clouds. The grandmother was also the first in the family to die a natural death after years of war. The hmong fought hard to die a natural death and return home to the clouds: all the hmong were experiencing a latehomecoming when the grandmother died. They were able to return to laos and the clouds now that they were not affected by war. Is not read as just fiction or literature. Rather, functions as a documentary of people and culture. Read as social history of marginal or minoritized status of asian americans. A group that no one knows about name that elicits question after question. Come from many places and search for a home. Author kao kalia yang defines hmong through hmong folklore. Also defines hmong through historical circumstances that inserted hmong into u. s. consciousness.
