Loyal Soldier, Fearsome Terrorists: The Hmong as a Martial Race in Southeast Asia and the United States

Martial race theory, an ideological construction used to organize colonial hegemony, acted as a lens through which the French and the United States understood the Hmong in Southeast Asia. In the early 20th century, Laotian Hmong resistance to French colonialism was interpreted as evidence of the mar...

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Main Author: Alex Hopp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hmong Studies Journal 2020-07-01
Series:Hmong Studies Journal
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Online Access:https://www.hmongstudiesjournal.org/uploads/4/5/8/7/4587788/hopp_hsj_21.pdf