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Download full textBernard-Johnston, Jean – 1993
This dissertation explores the role of Lao folk opera as a medium for constructively addressing problems of cultural conflict and acculturative stress that have risen among lowland Lao refugees and their children in urban America. The central focus of the inquiry is on the ways Lao folk opera currently functions as a learning medium in the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Buddhism, Culture Conflict, English (Second Language)
