Power and Independence of Hmong Women in Laos and America
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SummaryThe Hmong are an ethnic group indigenous to the Southeast Asian peninsula. They typically live in the mountainous regions of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. They are rice farmers who are well known for their embroidery and the color of their dress, which gives its name to the different Hmong clans. During the Silent War in Laos, which was fought between the Communist party, called the PL, in Laos and the US American CIA, the Hmong aided the CIA by fighting on the ground as guerilla fighters. After the Americans lost the war, the Hmong were in danger of being put into re-education camps by the new communist government in Laos. Therefore, during 1975-2004, over 300,000 Lao, or 10% of the population, mostly Hmong, resettled in America (Cummings and Burke 2005: 31). Most of the Hmong immigrants moved to Stockton, California, Seattle, Washington, Lacrosse and Madison, Wisconsin and The Twin Cities, Minnesota, where they formed Hmong communities, usually with extended families living in the same apartment building, if not the same apartment. The Hmong have had some problems finding a balance between keeping Hmong culture and tradition and adjusting to American culture and traditions.
Table of Contents
- The Hmong are an ethnic group indigenous to the Southeast Asian peninsula
- Donnelly points out 'the most immediately striking aspect of gender roles in Hmong society, described time and again by researchers, is the apparent hierarchical relation between men and women,?
- Power and Independence
- Childbirth
- Divorce
- Courtship and dating
- Conclusions
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