Calling In The Soul
Subtitle: Gender And The Cycle Of Life In A Hmong Village
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: January 31, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780295983394
Subjects: Ethnography; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Sociology; ASIA; Anthropology - Cultural; Gender Studies; Women's Studies - General; Asia - General; Hmong (Asian people); Rites and ceremonies; Sex role; Social conditions; Thailand, Northern; Women, Hmong
First sentence: Very little has been written on Hmong perceptions of birth, even though the Hmong view of life is cyclical and encompasses both birth and death, and a considerable amount of literature is available on death and reincarnation.