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- catalog 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."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Gender and the cycle of life in a Hmong village".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b13108670.
- catalog coverage "Thailand, Northern Social life and customs.".
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""'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."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-313) and index.".
- catalog description "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 -- App. A. "Hu Plig (Calling in the Soul) : Hmong text -- App. B. "Showing the Way" (Qhuab Kev) : English translation -- App. C. "Qhuab Kev" (Showing the Way) : Hmong text -- App. D. Flower Village demographics -- App. E. A Shamanic healing in the United States -- App. F. Health care and gender issues of Hmong in the United States.".
- catalog extent "xlix, 326 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0295983264 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Seattle : University of Washington Press,".
- catalog spatial "Thailand, Northern Social life and customs.".
- catalog spatial "Thailand, Northern".
- catalog spatial "Thailand, Northern.".
- catalog subject "305.895/9420593 22".
- catalog subject "DS570.M5 S95 2004".
- catalog subject "Hmong (Asian people) Thailand, Northern Rites and ceremonies.".
- catalog subject "Hmong Americans Social life and customs.".
- catalog subject "Life cycle, Human Religious aspects.".
- catalog subject "Patrilineal kinship Thailand, Northern.".
- catalog subject "Sex role Thailand, Northern.".
- catalog subject "Sexual division of labor Thailand, Northern.".
- catalog subject "Women, Hmong Thailand, Northern Social conditions.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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 -- App. A. "Hu Plig (Calling in the Soul) : Hmong text -- App. B. "Showing the Way" (Qhuab Kev) : English translation -- App. C. "Qhuab Kev" (Showing the Way) : Hmong text -- App. D. Flower Village demographics -- App. E. A Shamanic healing in the United States -- App. F. Health care and gender issues of Hmong in the United States.".
- catalog title "Calling in the soul : gender and the cycle of life in a Hmong village / Patricia V. Symonds.".
- catalog title "Gender and the cycle of life in a Hmong village".
- catalog type "text".