allows them to feel good about themselves. Many Hmong girls struggle with body image and feel the need to be thin for many reasons. The pressure to be a good wife ties in with beauty. If you are overweight‚ it is likely you will remain single and no one will marry you. Moreover‚ society and social media can be less accepting of people who are overweight. Images of thin‚ beautiful women flood our media. The need to compare and change the body can affect Hmong teen girls. They become blind to the importance
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generations are slowly dissipating. “Americanized” Hmong are forgetting their cultural roots. Conversions in religious beliefs often result in ignorant‚ incorrect views about Shamanism‚ and the education of Hmong cosmology is not taught widely‚ leaving younger generations with clouded views of their customs. To understand the ancient religion
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Catches You And You Fall Down In ‘The Spirit Catches You And You Fall Down’‚ Lia‚ a Hmong baby girl‚ is born to a Hmong family living in California as refugees away from their war torn land in Laos. In Laos the Lee’s where farmers and lived in the country according to their Hmong traditions and beliefs. In California they barely understood the language‚ much less Western culture or medicinal practices. In Hmong tradition‚ illness was seen as a spiritual problem rather than a physical problem and
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1. What do you think of the traditional Hmong birth practices? Compare them to the techniques used when Lia was born. How do Hmong and American birth practices differ? Can you think of any parallel examples of medical or healing practices that you have heard about that are used in different cultures? The traditional Hmong birth practices are very unique and different compared to American birth practices that I have grown up learning. In Hmong practices‚ if a woman fails to conceive‚ she would call
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Introduction This study takes an in-depth look at the family and daily life of Hmong Families‚ specifically those residing in Wisconsin. The Hmong are one of the newest groups of immigrants here in the United States and this specific group are refugees from Laos. The book takes a look at the details of their day to day lives. In this way we can get a better look into the Hmong kinship networks and communities. Women’s activities are also included within the study to show us the roles they play in
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him and his son’s family that Walt struggles with. Walt also struggles with the Hmong people have recently immigrated into his neighborhood. Thao‚ Walt’s teenage Hmong neighbor caused some initial issues but in the end Walt developed a strong and respectful relationship with the entire family. These two unique worlds diffused together and demolished any stereotypes or misconceptions between the characters after the Hmong family demonstrates Salin’s four steps. Walt’s acceptance of the cultural and
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person with qaug dab peg was traditionally held in high esteem in the Hmong culture‚ it was also terrifying enough that the Lee’s rushed Lia to the emergency room more than once in the first few months of her life. 2. While the Lees recognized that Lia had an illness‚ I do not believe that they recognized the severity of her problems. One the one hand‚ the understood that it was a dangerous illness‚ but on the other hand‚ the Hmong believed that qaug dab peg “singles him out as a person of consequence”
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down tells the story of Lia Lee‚ a Hmong child with epilepsy‚ whose tragic downfall reveals the dangers of a lack of cross-cultural communication in the medical profession. At the age of three months‚ Lia had her first seizure caused by the sound of a door being slammed shut‚ by her older sister Yer. Their parents‚ Foua and Nao Kao believed that the sound of the door had caused Lia’s soul to flee‚ they called her illness “qaug dab peg”‚ which means “the spirit
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Role of Cross-cultural Misunderstanding in Ruining Lia’s Life Lia is born of a loving Hmong family‚ and just three months into her life‚ begins to reveal epileptic symptoms. According to the Hmong community‚ the condition is curable‚ and the presence of spirits in such a patient’s soul is considered a blessing. However‚ American doctors in a community medical center fail to understand and appreciate Lia’s parents’ approach to the child’s disease‚ and are only interested in saving this child’s
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the questions contained in this study guide. Post your completed document to the appropriate assignment box on the course website. 1. What do you think of traditional Hmong birth practices (pp. 3-5)? Compare them to the techniques used when Lia was born (p. 7). How do Hmong and American birth practices differ? I think the Hmong traditional give birth practice is very unsafe and dirty. The environment of giving birth is full with bacteria‚ germs and easily get infection for both mother and new born
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