Grace after Genocide

Carol A. Mortland is a cultural anthropologist who has been conducting research with Cambodian refugees since 1981 in various locations across the United States. She has also done research in Cambodia, and taught at universities in Washington and New York.

“Drawing on three and a half decades of intensive ethnographic research, anthropologist Mortland has provided a fascinating, clearly written, comprehensive account of the Cambodian American population…This remarkable book should be required reading for anyone with an interest in the changing US population. An outstanding work…Essential.” • Choice“Having read her work, I have a stronger understanding of the Cambodian experience and of decolonized ethnography as a methodology.” • JASO“Nothing really prepared me for the ambition and comprehensiveness of Grace after Genocide. It is hard to imagine that we are going to get a more thorough overview of Cambodians in the US than with Mortland’s book—which addresses not just the broad pattern of how these Cambodians deal with their history, but all the nitty gritty details of refugee agencies, sponsorship, welfare and work, and the ins and outs of community organization.” • John Marston, The College of Mexico

• DedicationPreface and AcknowledgementsIntroduction: From Cambodians to RefugeesChapter 1. Being in AmericaChapter 2. Economic SurvivalChapter 3. Refugee LitaniesChapter 4. Resettlement RealitiesChapter 5. FamilyChapter 6. Parents and ChildrenChapter 7. CommunityChapter 8. ReligionChapter 9. HealthChapter 10. HomelandChapter 11. Preserving CultureChapter 12. Beyond RefugeesBibliographyIndex