Scars of war [electronic resource] : the politics of paternity and responsibility for the Amerasians of Vietnam / Sabrina Thomas ; foreword by Robert J. Mrazek.
"Scars of War examines how the exclusion of mixed-race persons and people of Asian descent in the United States shaped the efforts of policymakers to recognize the Amerasians of Vietnam as American children and initiate legislation that designated them unfit for American citizenship"-- "Scars of War...
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| Language: | English |
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Lincoln :
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[2021]
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| Series: | Borderlands and transcultural studies
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Politics of paternity and responsibility for the Amerasians of Vietnam
Scars of War: The Politics of Paternity and Responsibility for the Amerasians of Vietnam |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Foreword / by Robert J. Mrazek -- Setting a precedent -- Saving Cold War children -- Becoming refugees -- Blood politics -- Window dressing -- The Amerasian Homecoming Act -- "Like a home without a roof". | |
| 520 | |a "Scars of War examines how the exclusion of mixed-race persons and people of Asian descent in the United States shaped the efforts of policymakers to recognize the Amerasians of Vietnam as American children and initiate legislation that designated them unfit for American citizenship"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 520 | |a "Scars of War examines the decisions of U.S. policymakers denying the Amerasians of Vietnam-the biracial sons and daughters of American fathers and Vietnamese mothers born during the Vietnam War-American citizenship. Focusing on the implications of the 1982 Amerasian Immigration Act and the 1987 Amerasian Homecoming Act, Sabrina Thomas investigates why policymakers deemed a population unfit for American citizenship, despite the fact that they had American fathers. Thomas argues that the exclusion of citizenship was a component of bigger issues confronting the Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Reagan administrations: international relationships in a Cold War era, America's defeat in the Vietnam War, and a history in the United States of racially restrictive immigration and citizenship policies against mixed-race persons and people of Asian descent. Now more politically relevant than ever, Scars of War explores ideas of race, nation, and gender in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. Thomas exposes the contradictory approach of policymakers unable to reconcile Amerasian biracialism with the U.S. Code. As they created an inclusionary discourse deeming Amerasians worthy of American action, guidance, and humanitarian aid, federal policymakers simultaneously initiated exclusionary policies that designated these people unfit for American citizenship. "-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Children of military personnel |z Vietnam. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Abandoned children |z Vietnam. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Amerasians |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Vietnamese Americans |x Legal status, laws, etc. |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Amerasians |x Legal status, laws, etc. |z United States. | |
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