Ban Vinai: The Refugee Camp (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780231078634)

Lynellyn Long documents the reality of daily life in Ban Vinai, a refugee camp in northeast Thailand. Based on the author's ethnographic experience of living and working in the camp, the book offers rich narrative descriptions of the lives of the Hmong and lowland Lao refugees. Long describes the lives of five families over the course of a year, recounting interactions with camp relief workers and the complexities of the larger relief system, how their family relationships and social roles change as a result of camp life, and their desires and expectations of the future.

Author: Lynellyn D. Long
ISBN-10: 0231078633
ISBN-13: 9780231078634
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/29/1992
Pages: 242
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.97h x 5.90w x 0.67d

Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 07/01/1993 pg. 113