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Author : Lue Vang
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Grandmother's Path, Grandfather's Way written by Lue Vang and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Carol Ireson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 042998006X
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)
Download or read book Fields, Forest, And Family written by Carol Ireson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-19 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the Vietnam War, socialist governments ascended to power in all the countries of the former Indochina. In Laos, more than a decade of socialist reorganization was followed by economic liberalization in the late 1980s. Laotian women had traditionally sustained the household and local economy with their work in field, forest, and family, but political and economic changes markedly affected the context of rural women's prevailing sources of power and subordination. Socialist policies, for example, curtailed women's commercial activities while recognizing women's work in agriculture and child care.In this richly detailed volume, Carol Ireson draws on ten years of fieldwork and research to explore this metamorphosis among Laotian women. Throughout, she poses questions such as: What has happened to women's traditional sources of control over their own and others' activities since the 1975 socialist revolution? Have their traditional sources of power or autonomy expanded or contracted as changing conditions have allowed other groups to appropriate women's traditional resources and roles? Have the dramatic changes had different effects on rural women of differing ethnic backgrounds and varying economic means?Focusing on women from three major ethnic groups?the lowland Lao, the Khmu, and the Hmong?Ireson examines the different ways they have responded to political and economic changes. She shows us that the Laotian experience reveals in microcosm the processes of change toward specialization and integration of women's work into national and global economies and explains how this shift deeply affects women's lives.
Author : Yer J. Thao
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786481994
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book The Mong Oral Tradition written by Yer J. Thao and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1975, after years of struggle, Communists seized control of the government of Laos. Members of the Mong culture who had helped the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency in their quest to halt the spread of Communism were forced to move to America as political refugees. The Mong, with their strong culture of oral traditions and beliefs, were plunged into a multicultural society where the written word was prevalent. As a result, their oral customs are now being slowly eroded and replaced with a written tradition. Desperate to hold on to their cultural identity and continue the traditions of their ancestors, the Mong still struggle with the dilemma this change in literary perception has caused. Compiled from numerous interviews, this volume explores the lives of 13 Mong elders. With emphasis on their unique oral tradition and cultural practices, the book discusses Mong rituals, tribal customs, religious beliefs and educational experiences. The main focus of the work, however, is the lifestyle the elders maintained while living in the mountains of Laos. In their own words, they describe their childhood, communities, religious rituals and cultural traditions as well as the ongoing struggle of adjustment to their new homeland. The work also delves into the Mong perceptions of industrialization and the generational conflict that immersion into a literate society has caused. The author himself is a member of the Mong culture and brings a personal perspective to preserving the oral traditions of this unique ethnicity. The work is also indexed.
Author : Vincent K. Her
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society Press
ISBN 13 : 0873518551
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (735 download)
Download or read book Hmong and American written by Vincent K. Her and published by Minnesota Historical Society Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Farmers in Laos, U.S. allies during the Vietnam War, refugees in Thailand, citizens of the Western world, the stories of the Hmong who now live in America have been told in detail through books and articles and oral histories over the past several decades. Like any immigrant group, members of the first generation may yearn for the past as they watch their children and grandchildren find their way in the dominant culture of their new home. For Hmong people born and educated in the United States, a definition of self often includes traditional practices and tight-knit family groups but also a distinctly Americanized point of view. How do Hmong Americans negotiate the expectations of these two very different cultures? This book contains a series of essays featuring a range of writing styles, leading scholars, educators, artists, and community activists who explore themes of history, culture, gender, class, family, and sexual orientation, weaving their own stories into depictions of a Hmong American community where people continue to develop complex identities that are collectively shared but deeply personal as they help to redefine the multicultural America of today.
Author : Chai Charles Moua
Publisher : University Press of America
ISBN 13 : 0761856927
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (618 download)
Download or read book Roars of Traditional Leaders written by Chai Charles Moua and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2012-02-16 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this book is to sustain the Mong cultural practices. It is based on the roaring views of fifteen Mong traditional leaders about the oral and cultural practices of the Mong people in the U.S. Maintaining the cultural legacies of a group of indigenous people such as the Mong Americans is imperative since they have more than 5,000 years of cultural traditions. The cultural and oral practices of the Mong New Year celebration, marriage custom, and traditional funeral rituals have been challenged as a result of the Mong migration from China, often through other host countries, to the United States. The Mong traditional leaders have been the vocal voices that are influential in regard to maintaining the Mong traditional culture. Roars of Traditional Leaders discusses this leadership role, a key component of organization development and transformation, played by contemporary leaders in the challenge of sustaining the Mong’s rich cultural traditions in America. Leaders will have to come together in the discussion of cultural practices and traditions in the century to come.
Author : Grandma Joy
Publisher : Destiny Image Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0768423511
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (684 download)
Download or read book Grandma Joy's Hope for Hurting Women written by Grandma Joy and published by Destiny Image Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is filled with real-life personal stories, testimonies, prayers, scriptures, and answers to help women find wisdom, strength and salvation. Each thought-provoking story is concluded with a light-hearted story providing readers with lots of laughter.
Author : Lillian Faderman
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807072356
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (723 download)
Download or read book I Begin My Life All Over written by Lillian Faderman and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 1999-04-13 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I Begin My Life All Over is an oral history of 36 real-life strangers in a strange land, an intimate study of the immigrant experience in contemporary America.
Author : Sheng-mei Ma
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824862279
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)
Download or read book East-West Montage written by Sheng-mei Ma and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2007-11-06 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "East-West Montage possesses a unique vision that promises to push discussions of globalization, cultural production, ethnic identity, and bodily metaphors in powerful new directions. Ma is to be praised for his sound scholarship and innovative interpretations. Indeed where others specialize in either the collection of details or the unpacking of text, Ma weaves a strong analytic exegesis rooted in thorough research." —Richard King, Washington State University Approximately twelve hours’ difference lies between New York and Beijing: The West and the East are, literally, night and day apart. Yet East-West Montage crosscuts the two in the manner of adjacent filmic shots to accentuate their montage-like complementarity. It examines the intersection between East and West—the Asian diaspora (or more specifically Asian bodies in diaspora) and the cultural expressions by and about people of Asian descent on both sides of the Pacific. Following the introduction "Establishing Shots," the book is divided into seven intercuts, which in turn subdivide into dialectically paired chapters focusing on specific body parts or attributes. The range of material examined is broad and rich: the iconography of the opium den in film noir, the writings of Asian American novelists, the swordplay and kung fu film, Japanese anime, the "Korean Wave" (including soap operas like Winter Sonata and the cult thriller Oldboy), Rogers and Hammerstein’s Orientalist musicals, the comic Blackhawk, the superstar status of the Dalai Lama, and the demise of Hmong refugees and Chinese retirees in the U.S. Highly original and immensely readable,East-West Montage will appeal to many working in a range of disciplines, including Asian studies, Asian American studies, cultural studies, ethnic studies, film studies, popular culture, and literary criticism.
Author : Patricia V. Symonds
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 029580565X
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (958 download)
Download or read book Calling in the Soul written by Patricia V. Symonds and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “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 considers the gender relationships evident in these practices. The Hmong (or Miao, as they are called in China, and Meo, in Thailand) have lived on the fringes of powerful Southeast Asian states for centuries. Their social framework is distinctly patrilineal, granting little direct power to women. Yet within the limits of that structure, Hmong women wield considerable influence in the spiritually critical realms of birth and death. Calling in the Soul will be of interest to sociocultural anthropologists, medical anthropologists, Southeast Asianists, and gender specialists. Replaces ISBN 9780295800424
Author : Gary Yia Lee
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Culture and Customs of the Hmong written by Gary Yia Lee and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-09-16 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first to balance an account of the traditional life and history of the Hmong as a global people, with a full account of their modern, urban lives. Culture and Customs of the Hmong takes a global approach to understanding the Hmong, a people who have lived in China for more than 4,000 years. It is the first book to combine an account of the traditional life and history of the Hmong with a full account of their modern, urban lifestyle, balancing traditional lifeways and practices with modern, evolving customs. The book is unique in dealing, not only with the Hmong in the United States, Australia, and other Western nations, but also with their traditional and changing lives in their Asian homelands of Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, and China. This broad international perspective allows readers to look at the Hmong through the complex interplay of the many social, historical, economic, and cultural influences they have been exposed to in their worldwide migration, and at how they manage to maintain their many traditions across national boundaries and great distances.
Author : Damrong Tayanin
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501718983
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Being Kammu written by Damrong Tayanin and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining autobiography and ethnography, Damrong Tayanin examines the lifestyles, customs, practices, and beliefs of the Kammu people by describing his own early experiences.
Author : Donald F. Hones
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135672938
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)
Download or read book Educating New Americans written by Donald F. Hones and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1999 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: See attached preliminary promo copy.
Author : Franklin Ng
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780815326939
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (269 download)
Download or read book Adaptation, Acculturation, and Transnational Ties Among Asian Americans written by Franklin Ng and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1998 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mark Francis
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262560610
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (66 download)
Download or read book The Meaning of Gardens written by Mark Francis and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: maps out how the garden is perceived, designed, used, and valued
Author : Lucas Flint
Publisher : Secret Identity Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1544 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The Superhero's Son Omnibus (action adventure young adult superheroes) written by Lucas Flint and published by Secret Identity Books. This book was released on with total page 1544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Percy Jackson meets the Marvel Cinematic Universe in this action-adventure superhero series! Kevin Jason thinks he's just a normal teenager until he accidentally punches the school bully through the cafeteria wall. Kevin soon discovers that he is the son of a famous superhero and decides to become the superhero Bolt. As Bolt, Kevin fights supervillains, criminals, corrupt politicians, aliens, and more in this complete, epic nine-book superhero series! Contains the following books: The Superhero's Test The Superhero's Team The Superhero's Summit The Superhero's Powers The Superhero's Origin The Superhero's World The Superhero's Vision The Superhero's Prison The Superhero's End Plus bonus short story: Don't Fear the Reaper KEYWORDS: superhero action fiction, superhero fantasy, superhero fiction novel, superhero science fiction, superhero scifi, superhero young adult, superhero city, superhero books, superhero action, superhero books for kids, superheroes, cool superheroes, action adventure books, superhero action adventure books, action adventure fiction, superhero action adventure fiction, young adult action adventure, action adventure young adult, coming of age books
Author : Lisa M. Hamilton
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316415871
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)
Download or read book The Hungry Season written by Lisa M. Hamilton and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2023-09-26 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice | A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year | Longlisted for the 2024 Plutarch Award In the tradition of Katherine Boo and Tracy Kidder, The Hungry Season is a “lyrical” narrative with "real suspense" (New York Times): a nonfiction drama that “reads like the best of fiction” (Mark Arax), tracing one woman’s journey from the mist-covered mountains of Laos to the sunbaked flatlands of Fresno, California as she struggles to overcome the wounds inflicted by war and family alike. As combat rages across the highlands of Vietnam and Laos, a child is born. Ia Moua enters the world at the bottom of the social order, both because she is part of the Hmong minority and because she is a daughter, not a son. When, at thirteen, she is promised in marriage to a man three times her age, it appears that Ia’s future has been decided for her. But after brutal communist rule upends her life, this intrepid girl resolves to chart her own defiant path. With ceaseless ambition and an indestructible spirit, Ia builds a new existence for herself and, before long, for her children, first in the refugee camps of Thailand and then in the industrial heartland of California’s San Joaquin Valley. At the root of her success is a simple act: growing Hmong rice, just as her ancestors did, and selling it to those who hunger for the Laos of their memories. While the booming business brings her newfound power, it also forces her to face her own past. In order to endure the present, Ia must confront all that she left behind, and somehow find a place in her heart for those who chose to leave her. Meticulously reported over seven years and written with the intimacy of a novel, The Hungry Season is the story of one radiant woman’s quest for survival—and for the nourishment that matters most.
Author : Mark Yazzie
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1973625261
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (736 download)
Download or read book The Path written by Mark Yazzie and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2018-04-16 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: May my story heal. I have been both the victim of pain and the orchestrator of pain. And what I have learned through this painful life? I learned that loving people the right way God intended is a whole lot different than what we think it is.
