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Education, Gender, and Generational Conflict among Khmer Refugees
Author(s) -
SMITHHEFNER NANCY J.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1525/aeq.1993.24.2.05x1118z
Subject(s) - refugee , immigration , ethnography , metropolitan area , gender studies , sociology , educational attainment , ethnic group , drop out , educational anthropology , criminology , political science , anthropology , geography , demographic economics , archaeology , economics , law
This article explores an example of in‐group variation in minority educational achievement by investigating the reasons why a disproportionately high number of young Khmer women drop out of school. Based on 30 months of ethnographic study among Khmer refugees in metropolitan Boston, the research demonstrates the importance of cultural and social‐historical influences for understanding Khmer educational achievement and distinguishing it from that of other East and Southeast Asian immigrant groups.