In the article "Diaspora Politics, Homeland Erotics and the Materializing Memory", the author, Louisa Schein, talks about the culture and diasporic experiences of Hmong people. They have lost their homeland from the Chinese and strive to keep their culture alive. Schein explains how "Hmong struggles for self-understandings through their past", meaning that they have difficulties defining themselves through cultural identity. Second generation Hmong people have a much harder time because their parents try to save their culture by teaching their children through involvement in the community. My friends back at home experience these things where they have to wear traditional clothes and become part of the Hmong festivals that happen every year. Because they do not have a "homeland" to go to, they try to create this imaginary homeland with the others in a settled community.
Question: Do Hmong people today actually know about their history and if they do, will it be lost or preserved in future generations?
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Schein, Louisa, "Diaspora Politics, Homeland Erotics and the Materializing of Memory." 1999. Positions: East Asia Cultures Critique7(3): 697-729.
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