
Culture and Customs of the Hmong
Greenwood Press
Published on 16. September 2010
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-0-313-34526-5 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Adult education
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
Illustrations
30 bw illus
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
578 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-313-34526-5 (9780313345265)
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Gary Yia Lee | Nicholas Tapp
Culture and Customs of the Hmong
E-Book
09/2010
1st Edition
Greenwood Press
€25.49
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Persons
Gary Yia Lee, PhD, is a Hmong academic from Laos.
Nicholas Tapp, PhD, is professor emeritus at the Australian National University, where he runs the Thai-Yunnan Project, and professor of anthropology at East China Normal University.
Nicholas Tapp, PhD, is professor emeritus at the Australian National University, where he runs the Thai-Yunnan Project, and professor of anthropology at East China Normal University.