Transnationalism and Civic Engagement: An Ethnographic Study of the Hmong Diaspora in France

Authors

Jacob Hickman, Brigham Young University

Keywords

transnationalism, civic engagement, ethnographic study, Hmong diaspora, France

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Anthropology

Abstract

Hmong are an ethnic minority group from southeast Asia who were displaced as refugees after the Second Indochina War. Before the war, Hmong lived in kinship-based, highland, semi-nomadic, subsistence-based farming communities. In these traditional villages, Hmong developed various means of social mediation and problem solving based on hierarchies of kinship and village or clan leadership. As they have been displaced to locations like the United States and France, however, legal structures of these new communities have challenged traditional structures of authority.

Recommended Citation

Hickman, Jacob (2017) "Transnationalism and Civic Engagement: An Ethnographic Study of the Hmong Diaspora in France," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2017: Iss. 1, Article 43.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2017/iss1/43