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Film, Video Memory, Experience & Imagination in Works of Lao & Hmong American Authors

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Title

  • Memory, Experience & Imagination in Works of Lao & Hmong American Authors

Summary

  • Writers, Kao Kalia Yang, Bryan Thao Worra and Thavisouk Phrasavath will reflect on their work before joining a larger conversation with the audience. The program presents a critical but engaging exploration of the role of memory, experience and imagination in each author's writings against the backdrop of the Vietnam War and its aftermath, global migration, refugees, the diaspora, and life in America. The talk will locate Lao and Hmong Americans as part of the larger American story, featuring voices not often highlighted at the Library of Congress.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Asian Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2022-05-02.

Notes

  • -  Ryan Wolfson-Ford, Thavisouk Phrasavath, Bryan Thao Worra, Kao Kalia Yang.
  • -  Recorded on 2022-05-02.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024697966

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Asian Division. Memory, Experience & Imagination in Works of Lao & Hmong American Authors. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -05-02, 2022. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024697966/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Asian Division, S. B. (2022) Memory, Experience & Imagination in Works of Lao & Hmong American Authors. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -05-02. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024697966/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Asian Division. Memory, Experience & Imagination in Works of Lao & Hmong American Authors. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -05-02, 2022. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024697966/>.