Calling in the Soul : Gender and the Cycle of Life in a Hmong Village.
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TextPublisher: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2003Copyright date: ©2003Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (387 pages)Content type: - text
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- 9780295805658
- Hmong (Asian people) -- Thailand, Northern -- Rites and ceremonies
- Women, Hmong -- Thailand, Northern -- Social conditions
- Sex role -- Thailand, Northern
- Sexual division of labor -- Thailand, Northern
- Patrilineal kinship -- Thailand, Northern
- Hmong Americans -- Social life and customs
- Thailand, Northern -- Social life and customs
- 305.8959/720593
- DS570.M5 -- .S95 2014eb
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Notes On Orthography Of The Hmong Language -- Introduction: Conducting Research In A Hmong Village -- 1. Hmong Cosmology: A Balance of Opposites -- 2. Mothers, Daughters, and Wives -- 3. Birth: The Journey to the Land of Light -- 4. Death: The Journey to the Land of Darkness -- 5. Reflections on Power, Gender, and the Cycle of Life -- Epilogue: HIV/AIDS and the Hmong in Thailand -- Appendixes -- A. "Hu Plig" (Calling in the Soul): Hmong Text -- B. "Showing the Way" (Qhuab Kev): English Translation -- C. "Qhuab Kev" (Showing the Way): Hmong Text -- D. Flower Village Demographics -- E. A Shamanic Healing in the United States -- F. Health Care and Gender Issues of Hmong in the United States -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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