ISBN:
9780295805658
,
029580565X
Language:
English
,
Hmong
Pages:
Online Ressource (xlix, 336 pages)
,
illustrations.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Symonds, Patricia V., author Calling in the soul
DDC:
305.8959720593
Keywords:
Hmong (Asian people) Rites and ceremonies
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Thailand, Northern
;
Women, Hmong Social conditions
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Thailand, Northern
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Sex role Thailand, Northern
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Sexual division of labor Thailand, Northern
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Patrilineal kinship Thailand, Northern
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Hmong Americans Social life and customs
;
Women, Hmong Social conditions
;
Sex role
;
Sexual division of labor
;
Patrilineal kinship
;
Hmong Americans Social life and customs
;
Hmong (Asian people) Rites and ceremonies
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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Hmong Americans ; Social life and customs
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Hmong (Asian people) ; Rites and ceremonies
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Manners and customs
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Patrilineal kinship
;
Sex role
;
Sexual division of labor
;
Women, Hmong ; Social conditions
;
Thailand, Northern Social life and customs
;
Thailand, Northern
;
Thailand, Northern Social life and customs
;
Northern Thailand
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Electronic book
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Electronic books
Abstract:
"Calling in the Soul (Hu Plig) is the chant the Hmong use to guide the soul of a newborn baby into its body on the third day after birth. Based on extensive original research conducted in the late 1980s in a village in northern Thailand, this ethnographic study examines Hmong cosmological beliefs about the cycle of life as expressed in practices surrounding birth, marriage, and death, and the gender relationships evident in these practices. The social framework of the Hmong (or Miao, as they are called in China, and Meo, in Thailand), who have lived on the fringes of powerful Southeast Asian states for centuries, is distinctly patrilineal, granting little direct power to women. Yet within the limits of this structure, Hmong women wield considerable influence in the spiritually critical realms of birth and death"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-323) and index. - Includes texts in Hmong with English translation. - Print version record
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