ON THE ROAD: STRUGGLING, SEARCHING AND OPPORTUNITIES YOUNG ASIANS IN MISSOULA SEEK THEIR CULTURAL IDENTITIES

Author

SUHAN CHEN, The University of Montana

Year of Award

2009

Document Type

Professional Paper

Degree Type

Master of Arts (MA)

Department or School/College

School of Journalism

Committee Chair

Clem Work

Commitee Members

Dennis Swibold, Fengru Li

Keywords

adoption, Asian, culture, hmong, identity, missoula

Abstract

Where are you from? When do you use ¡°we?¡± The answers to these two questions are easy for people from a single cultural background, but may not be so simple for those young Asians who have grown up and lived in the U.S. but aren¡¯t sure where they belong. This project includes two stories of two young women from Missoula. They have been searching for their cultural identities and have found that the searching will never end. They will probably always be on the road back and forth between the U.S. and their ancestry countries.

Recommended Citation

CHEN, SUHAN, "ON THE ROAD: STRUGGLING, SEARCHING AND OPPORTUNITIES YOUNG ASIANS IN MISSOULA SEEK THEIR CULTURAL IDENTITIES" (2009). Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers. 715.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/715