TY  - BOOK
AU  - Symonds,Patricia V.
TI  - Calling in the Soul: Gender and the Cycle of Life in a Hmong Village
SN  - 9780295805658
AV  - DS570.M5 -- .S95 2014eb 
U1  - 305.8959/720593 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Seattle
PB  - University of Washington Press
KW  - Hmong (Asian people) -- Thailand, Northern -- Rites and ceremonies
KW  - Women, Hmong -- Thailand, Northern -- Social conditions
KW  - Sex role -- Thailand, Northern
KW  - Sexual division of labor -- Thailand, Northern
KW  - Patrilineal kinship -- Thailand, Northern
KW  - Hmong Americans -- Social life and customs
KW  - Thailand, Northern -- Social life and customs
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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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