Handz in the Air Hundreds of web pages say 'Khmer Pride'. Here's one academic's take on how young overseas Cambodians assemble their identity. Theresa McGinnis: "Khmer Pride": Being and Becoming Khmer American in an Urban Migrant Education Program (Journal of Southeast Asian Education and Advancement*). "Khmer youth’s multimodal expressions are not only sites of identity work, but also of cultural innovation."[Link] Looking at What's On in LBC and Seattle this week, it's evident that overseas Khmers are not only sharing their culture but appropriating new components into the mix. http://www.myspace.com/imsreypeouv http://www.myspace.com/universalspeakers *Pleased to see bilingual education battler Wayne Wright at the helm of above publication. Tags:cambodia,khmer

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