2009 Reading #103: Dab Neeg Hmoob
Books 1-10.
Books 11-20.
Books 21-30.
Books 31-40.
Books 41-50.
Books 51-60.
Books 61-70.
Books 71-80.
Books 81-90.
Books 91-100.
101. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures by Anne Fadiman.
102. Brown Harvest by Jay Russell.
103. Dab Neeg Hmoob: Myths, Legends and Folk Tales from the Hmong of Laos, Charles Johnson, editor and Se Yang, associate editor. I'd been looking for something like this for a while, and stumbled across it in the bibliography to The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down. (Something very cool and/or maddening about research is that books lead to more books.) Twenty-seven stories, ranging from origin tales to pourquoi stories. Also contains multiple variations on an ur-tale concerning the Orphan--an unlikely culture hero, given the strength of the extended family in Hmong culture--and his wife, a youngest sister who is smarter and more worthy than him and is usually named Nia Ngao Zhua Pa. Some great stuff here.
Books 11-20.
Books 21-30.
Books 31-40.
Books 41-50.
Books 51-60.
Books 61-70.
Books 71-80.
Books 81-90.
Books 91-100.
101. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures by Anne Fadiman.
102. Brown Harvest by Jay Russell.
103. Dab Neeg Hmoob: Myths, Legends and Folk Tales from the Hmong of Laos, Charles Johnson, editor and Se Yang, associate editor. I'd been looking for something like this for a while, and stumbled across it in the bibliography to The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down. (Something very cool and/or maddening about research is that books lead to more books.) Twenty-seven stories, ranging from origin tales to pourquoi stories. Also contains multiple variations on an ur-tale concerning the Orphan--an unlikely culture hero, given the strength of the extended family in Hmong culture--and his wife, a youngest sister who is smarter and more worthy than him and is usually named Nia Ngao Zhua Pa. Some great stuff here.