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Buddha Is Hiding

Refugees, Citizenship, the New America (Public Anthropology, 5)

by Aihwa Ong · September 4, 2003

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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.

Ethnic identityCitizenshipCivil rightsEthnic relationsCambodian AmericansCase studiesSocial conditionsRefugeesAsian americansEthnicityRefugees, united statesCalifornia, social conditions