Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. xx, 135 pages; 24 cm

Summary

1. "The Dust of Life is a collection of vivid and devastating oral histories of Vietnamese Amerasians. Abandoned during the war by their American fathers, discriminated against by the victorious Communists, and ignored for many years by the American government, they endured life in impoverished Vietnam. Their stories are sad, sometimes tragic, but they are also testimonials to human resiliency."--BOOK JACKET. "Robert McKelvey is a former marine who served in Vietnam in the late 1960s. Now a child psychiatrist, he returned to Vietnam in 1990 to begin the long series of interviews that resulted in this book."--Jacket.

Subject

1. Amerasians > Vietnam
2. Children of military personnel > Vietnam
3. Abandoned children > Vietnam
4. Amerasians > United States
5. Vietnamese Americans
6. Abandoned children
7. Amerasians
8. Children of military personnel
9. Vietnamkrieg
10. Soldat
11. Unerwünschtes Kind
12. Minderheitenpolitik
13. Diskriminierung
14. Ethnizität
15. US-Soldat
16. Eurasier
17. Ameriasians > Vietnam
18. Ameriasians > United States
19. United States
20. Vietnam
21. USA
22. USA

Genre/Form

1. Oregon authors.

Contents

1. Who are the Vietnamese Amerasians? -- Amerasians in Vietnam -- Growing up without a mother or father -- Prejudice and discrimination -- Adventurers and entrepreneurs -- Amerasians in the United States -- Adapting to life in the United States -- Expectations and later adjustment -- Disabled Amerasians -- Searching for father -- Conclusion.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.