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The Hmong are among Australia’s newest immigrant populations. They came as refugees from Laos after the communist revolution of 1975 ended their life there as highland shifting cultivators. The Hmong originate from southern China where many still remain, and others live in Vietnam, Thailand and Burm...

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Έκδοση: ANU Press 2013
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spelling oapen-20.500.12657-337322021-11-09T09:04:21Z The Hmong of Australia Tapp, Nicholas Yia Lee, Gary australia culture hmong australians customs social life Laos Lusheng Menstruation Thailand United States bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHM Anthropology The Hmong are among Australia’s newest immigrant populations. They came as refugees from Laos after the communist revolution of 1975 ended their life there as highland shifting cultivators. The Hmong originate from southern China where many still remain, and others live in Vietnam, Thailand and Burma. Hmong refugees are now also settled in the USA, Canada, France, Germany and French Guyana. Already the beauty and richness of traditional Hmong culture, in particular their shamanism and embroidered costume, has attracted the attention of the Australian public, but little is known about these people, their background or the struggles they have faced to adjust to a new life in Australia.This interdisciplinary collection of articles deals with their music and textiles, gender and language, their social adaptation and their global diaspora. The book aims to bring knowledge of the Hmong to a wider public and contribute to the understanding of these people. 2013-11-11 00:00:00 2020-04-01T14:54:53Z 2020-04-01T14:54:53Z 2010 book 459269 OCN: 670399804 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33732 eng application/pdf n/a 459269.pdf http://epress.anu.edu.au/titles/hmong_australia_citation ANU Press 10.26530/OAPEN_459269 10.26530/OAPEN_459269 ddc8cc3f-dd57-40ef-b8d5-06f839686b71 217 Canberra open access
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