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Culture and Customs of the Hmong
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.
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.
274 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
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July 1, 2013
Read for research/interest. Interesting overview of the history, culture and traditions of the Hmong. I liked that it covered communities in different places (not just US and Laos, but also China, Vietnam, Thailand and Australia) and talked about how cultural customs have changed over time, and about contemporary culture, e.g. Hmong websites and so on. I definitely think more academic books about non-Western cultures would benefit from having a member of the actual community co-writing the book.
December 24, 2013
I read this book for my Hmong Culture class in college. It has a lot of information about the Hmong and their culture and it is written in a way that isn't dry or boring. Lee and Tap did a great job describing the Hmong culture. By far one of the better "textbooks" I have had to read for class.
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