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Culture and customs of the Hmong [electronic resource] / Gary Yia Lee and Nicholas Tapp.

by Lee, G. Y. (Gary Y.)

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Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood, c2010.

Hmong (Asian people) -- Social life and customs.

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http://hawaii.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=0B78B1DD-7E95-495B-8CE0-AA000EF5311E This title is available online; click here to access

9780313345272 (electronic bk.)

0313345279 (electronic bk.)

Culture and customs of Asia.

1 online resource (xxix, 241 p.) : ill., map.

Note on transliteration and Hmong names -- Abbreviations -- Chronology -- Introduction : diaspora, history, identity -- Thoughts and religion -- Oral and written literature -- Theater, dance, music, and film -- Art -- Space and housing -- Traditional dress and cuisine -- Gender, courtship, and marriage -- Festivals and leisure activities -- Social organization, customs, and lifestyles.

With many choosing to flee Laos following the Communist takeover in 1975, the Hmong are now a global community with populations in nations as diverse as Argentina, France, Australia, Canada, and the United States, as well as China, Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand. As they have adapted to new nations and cultures, the Hmong have forged new hybrid forms of identity expressed in music, costume, cooking, and other customs.

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