Constructing a Social Problem: Suicide, Acculturation, and the Hmong

Between September 1998 and May 2001, eight Hmong teenagers took their own lives in one urban community. Newspaper accounts attempted to establish the suicides as an outgrowth of problems brought about by the Hmong immigration to the United States. In particular, the clash between the Hmong and Amer...

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Main Authors: Machiline Xiong, Paul Jesilow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hmong Studies Journal 2007-12-01
Series:Hmong Studies Journal
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Online Access:https://www.hmongstudiesjournal.org/uploads/4/5/8/7/4587788/xiongandjesilowhsj8.pdf