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Author | : Linda Gerdner |
Publisher | : Schiffer Craft |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 9780764348594 |
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Hmong story cloths provide a visual documentation of the historical and cultural legacy of the Hmong people from the country of Laos. The Hmong first began making the story cloths during their time in refugee camps, and featured here are 48 vibrant story cloths that provide a comprehensive look at their lives and culture. The creation of a story cloth begins with the selection of fabric and images outlined onto the fabric. Long satin stitches of multi-colored threads fill in the image, while details are applied with intricate satin stitches and borders pieced together and hand-stitched. Topics include history, traditional life in Laos, Hmong New Year, folk tales, and neighboring people. The quality and diversity of content of the story cloths build upon one another to provide a holistic understanding of the Hmong culture and history. Augmented with personal stories and artifacts, this book is perfect for history buffs and textile artisans alike.
Author | : Dia Cha |
Publisher | : Turtleback Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1998-04 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780613068086 |
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A Hmong woman recounts her family's wartime displacement, during which she was forced to flee to a refugee camp in Thailand, in an account illustrated by a traditional Hmong embroidered story cloth
Author | : Anne Fadiman |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 2012-04-24 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 0374533407 |
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Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, this brilliantly reported and beautifully crafted book explores the clash between a medical center in California and a Laotian refugee family over their care of a child.
Author | : Pegi Deitz Shea |
Publisher | : HarperCollins |
Total Pages | : 245 |
Release | : 2003-09-22 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0547533608 |
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For the Hmong people living in overcrowded refugee camps in Thailand, America is a dream: the land of peace and plenty. In 1995, ten years after their arrival at the camp, thirteen-year-old Mai Yang and her grandmother are about to experience that dream. In America, they will be reunited with their only remaining relatives, Mai’s uncle and his family. They will discover the privileges of their new life: medical care, abundant food, and an apartment all their own. But Mai will also feel the pressures of life as a teenager. Her cousins, now known as Heather and Lisa, try to help Mai look less like a refugee, but following them means disobeying Grandma and Uncle. From showers and smoke alarms to shopping, dating, and her family’s new religion, Mai finds life in America complicated and confusing. Ultimately, she will have to reconcile the old ways with the new, and decide for herself the kind of woman she wants to be. This archetypal immigrant story introduces readers to the fascinating Hmong culture and offers a unique outsider’s perspective on our own.
Author | : Dia Cha |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 28 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781880000632 |
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A Hmong American tells of her people's search for freedom. One of the most poignant, beautifully told family histories which brings alive the Hmong story as never seen before.
Author | : Paul Hillmer |
Publisher | : Minnesota Historical Society |
Total Pages | : 367 |
Release | : 2011-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0873517903 |
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A rich narrative history of the worldwide community of Hmong people, exploring their cultural practices, war and refugee camp experiences, and struggles and triumphs as citizens of new countries.
Author | : Jewell Reinhart Coburn |
Publisher | : Shen's Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781885008411 |
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Despite a cruel stepmother's schemes, Jouanah, a young Hmong girl, finds true love and happiness with the aid of her dead mother's spirit and a pair of special sandals.
Author | : Blia Xiong |
Publisher | : Children's Book Press |
Total Pages | : 38 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780892391103 |
Download Nine-in-one, Grr! Grr! Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
When the great god Shao promises Tiger nine cubs each year, Bird comes up with a clever trick to prevent the land from being overrun by tigers.
Author | : Sue Murphy Mote |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 317 |
Release | : 2015-02-18 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1476616175 |
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The Hmong were driven out of Laos by the turmoil of the Vietnam War and settled in America in such large numbers that they are now the second largest Southeast Asian population in the United States. Twelve Hmong immigrants, including a female shaman, an ex-military officer, a reformed gang member, a doctor, and a woman who was snatched from her mountain village at the age of eight, deposited in Laos's French culture and finally returned to Laos years later, tell their stories of struggling with American life while preserving the values of their own ancient culture. The author also considers the 5,000 years of Hmong history and its lasting influence.
Author | : Kao Kalia Yang |
Publisher | : Coffee House Press |
Total Pages | : 251 |
Release | : 2010-12-15 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1566892627 |
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In search of a place to call home, thousands of Hmong families made the journey from the war-torn jungles of Laos to the overcrowded refugee camps of Thailand and onward to America. But lacking a written language of their own, the Hmong experience has been primarily recorded by others. Driven to tell her family’s story after her grandmother’s death, The Latehomecomer is Kao Kalia Yang’s tribute to the remarkable woman whose spirit held them all together. It is also an eloquent, firsthand account of a people who have worked hard to make their voices heard. Beginning in the 1970s, as the Hmong were being massacred for their collaboration with the United States during the Vietnam War, Yang recounts the harrowing story of her family’s captivity, the daring rescue undertaken by her father and uncles, and their narrow escape into Thailand where Yang was born in the Ban Vinai Refugee Camp. When she was six years old, Yang’s family immigrated to America, and she evocatively captures the challenges of adapting to a new place and a new language. Through her words, the dreams, wisdom, and traditions passed down from her grandmother and shared by an entire community have finally found a voice. Together with her sister, Kao Kalia Yang is the founder of a company dedicated to helping immigrants with writing, translating, and business services. A graduate of Carleton College and Columbia University, Yang has recently screened The Place Where We Were Born, a film documenting the experiences of Hmong American refugees. Visit her website at www.kaokaliayang.com.