How to Eat Right in America: Power, Knowledge, and the Science of Hmong American Food and Health (2014)
Abstract: This paper investigates the cultural politics of knowledge production regarding Hmong American food-related health issues. Textual analysis of ten research papers published in the last twenty years leads to the critique that mainstream scientific discourse, rooted in Eurocentric epistemology, has in effect constituted Hmong Americans as subjugated Others. We demonstrate how this discourse (1) demarcates between the subject and the object from a Eurocentric viewpoint; (2) associates Hmong-ness with tradition while dissociating tradition from American-ness; (3) overlooks multiple differences within Hmong American communities; and (4) keeps silent on institutional racism as a barrier to healthy living. We explicate the power relations inherent in science research regarding marginalized communities, and call for decolonizing knowledge and research. Keywords: ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; FOOD AND HEALTH; HMONG STUDIES; POSTCOLONIAL FEMINIST SCIENCE STUDIES
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