Calling in the Soul
Subtitle: Gender and the Cycle of Life in a Hmong Village
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: December 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780295983264
Subjects: Ethnography; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Sociology; Thailand; Anthropology - Cultural; Asia - General; Women's Studies - General; Gender Studies; 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.