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ISBN: 0295983396

ISBN13: 9780295983394

Calling in the Soul

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"A gold mine of information for American social scientists. It is a 'must have.'" - Choice "Calling in the Soul" (Hu Plig) is the chant the Hmong use to guide the soul of a newborn baby into its body on the third day after birth. Based on extensive original research conducted in the late 1980s in a village in northern Thailand, this ethnographic study examines Hmong cosmological beliefs about the cycle of life as expressed in practices surrounding...

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Anthropology Asia Cultural Gender Studies History Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Thailand Women in History Women's Studies

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