Table of Contents

Preface 
Acknowledgments 
A Note on Transliteration 

1: Identity and Transition 
2: To Be Khmer Is to Be Buddhist 
3: Early Socialization: Observing the Child 
4: Moral Education: The Child within the Family 
5: Schooling in America 
6: Sexuality and Marriage 
7: The Search for the Middle Path 

Notes 
References 
Index 
Illustrations

About the Author

Nancy J. Smith-Hefner is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of Massachusetts at Boston.