Dissertations / Theses: 'Hmong (Southeast Asian people)'

1

Cheung, Siu-woo. "Subject and representation : identity politics in southeast Guizhou /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/6516.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

2

Pises, Buranasombati McCarthy John R. "A qualitative study of low socio-economic status students in a predominantly high socio-economic status college in Bangkok, Thailand (Bangkok Business College)." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 1995. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p9633386.

Full text

Abstract:

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 1995.
Title from title page screen, viewed May 16, 2006. Dissertation Committee: John R. McCarthy (chair), Larry D. Kennedy, David L. Tucker, Lemuel W. Watson. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 81-88) and abstract. Also available in print.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

3

Nguyen, Thuy Thi Thu. "The role of radio and TV in the life of ethnic minorities in Vietnam : case study : the H'mong people in Lao Cai and Lai Chau province /." Tromsø : Faculty of Social Sciences, Universitetet i Tromsø, 2008. http://www.ub.uit.no/munin/bitstream/10037/1547/1/thesis.pdf.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

4

Lo, Kaying. "Across the ocean the impact of immigration on Hmong women /." Online version, 2002. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2002/2002lok.pdf.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

5

Lee, Serge Chia. "Stress, social support systems, and psychosocial well-being of Hmong refugee adults /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/11149.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

6

Litzinger, Ralph A. "Crafting the modern ethnic : Yao representation and identity in post-Mao China /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/6421.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

7

Augustine, Brady Joel. "Out of the ashes the Hmong people as a paradigm of the oppressed /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2002. http://www.tren.com.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

8

Lee, Sangmi. "Between the diaspora and the nation-state : transnational continuity and fragmentation among Hmong in Laos and the United States." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:644c93e2-ae52-494d-93ca-ebda995bd0a0.

Full text

Abstract:

Based on fourteen-months of multi-sited, ethnographic fieldwork that compares two Hmong communities in Vang Vieng, Laos, and Sacramento, California in the United States, my doctoral thesis examines how the Hmong diaspora is constituted in the absence of a territorial ethnic homeland. Although scholars claim that the Hmong originated in the southwestern part of China, many Hmong are uncertain about their origins and have lost their connections to the ancestral homeland. This thesis suggests we examine diasporas as a dialectical process involving both transnational continuity and national differentiation. Despite their further migratory dispersal after the Vietnam War, Hmong in Laos and the United States have actively created a transnational diasporic community by maintaining their cultural practices across national borders, particularly in the domains of kinship practices and spiritual rituals. At the same time, diasporic Hmong have also created partial 'homes' in the nation-states where they reside. Therefore, their ethnic traditions and perceptions are transformed according to different national contexts, such as local socioeconomic conditions, state policies, and access to economic capital. This results in cultural differences within the diaspora. In addition, Hmong in different countries disagree about their relative position in the diaspora in relation to each other, leading to discursive fragmentation. As a result, diasporas are refracted through different national affiliations. Nonetheless, the sense of national belonging among diasporic Hmong remains partial because they continue to experience social, economic, and ethnic marginalization as an ethnic minority group in both Laos and the United States, which causes them to maintain a diasporic affiliation to Hmong scattered in other countries as an alternative source of ethnic belonging. In this sense, the Hmong are constantly positioned 'in-between' the diaspora and the nation-state.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

9

Welcher, Arlene K. "A review of the recommendations of the Hmong Resettlement Task Force and the implementation of these recommendations." Online version, 2009. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2009/2009welchera.pdf.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

10

Bawihrin, Thla-Awr. "The impact of missionary Christianity on the Chins." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2002. http://www.tren.com.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

11

Vang, Mike Sriprapha Petcharamesree. "Political participation of the Hmong in Thailand /." Abstract Full Text (Mahidol member only), 2008. http://10.24.101.3/e-thesis/2551/cd422/4637832.pdf.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

12

Lor, Gjinn. "The Vietnam War Hmong soldiers' personal experiences in the secret war /." Menomonie, WI : University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2007. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2007/2007lorg.pdf.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

13

Leungaramsri, Pinkaew. "Redefining nature : Karen ecological knowledge and the challenge to the modern conservation paradigm /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/6541.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

14

Cuasay, R. Peter L. "Time borders and elephant margins among the Kuay of South Isan, Thailand /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/6462.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

15

Xiong, Khou. "Involvement in the educational system among Hmong parents." Online version, 2009. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2009/2009xiongk.pdf.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

16

Marsh, Debra M. "English proficiency level correlated with cumulative grade point average for selected Southeast Asian students by gender, grade level, and birthplace." Online version, 1998. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1998/1998marshd.pdf.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

17

Vang, May. "Depression and coping among Hmong refugees." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2007. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3300.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

18

Rack, Mary. "Images of minorities, memories of bandits : negotiating local identities in lowland West Hunan." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1999. http://webex.lib.ed.ac.uk/abstracts/rack01.pdf.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

19

DeVivo, Karen Fink. "The Wisconsin Hmong Resettlement Taskforce an ethnographic analysis of public policy as a cultural process and product /." unrestricted, 2005. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-11282005-155102/.

Full text

Abstract:

Thesis (M.A.)--Georgia State University, 2005.
Kathryn A. Kozaitis, committee chair; Susan McCombie, Emanuela Guano, committee members. Electronic text (141 p. : col. ill.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed July 10, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 94-98).

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

20

Lee, Kirk T. "Perceptions of Hmong Parents in a Hmong American Charter School: a Qualitative Descriptive Case Study on Hmong Parent Involvement." PDXScholar, 2016. http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3103.

Full text

Abstract:

Parental involvement plays an essential role in the United States (U.S.) educational system. However, parental involvement poses many challenges for Hmong parents in American schools. Many assumptions are made on the parts of teachers, staff, and Hmong parents about parents' roles pertaining to their involvement in their children's education. Hmong parents struggle to reconcile beliefs, attitudes, and values that they bring with them from Laos with the expectations found in the U.S. due to their unfamiliarity with the U.S. educational system. This study employed the used a qualitative, descriptive case study approach to examine the perceptions of Hmong parents involvement at a K-6 Hmong American charter school in Northern California. The primary data collection method used in this study was interviews with four school-community stakeholder groups. The purposeful-selected interview participants included two administrators, four teachers, six parents, and four students. The interviews were dialogically coded and nine themes were developed related to parental involvement. These nine themes were: communication with parents, committee involvement, flexibility of staff, enrichment programs non-traditional school schedule, importance of field trips, cultural events and presence of other cultures, recommend school to others, and positive behavioral reinforcement. The study concludes with a presentation of the implications of the nine themes on the design of parent involvement models and recommendations are offered related to policies and connected strategies for how to design culturally relevant supports for parent involvement in education.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

21

Vang, TangJudy. "The Role of Psycho-Sociocultural Factors in Suicide Risk Among Mong/Hmong Youth." PDXScholar, 2013. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1037.

Full text

Abstract:

This study examined psychological, social, and cultural factors that can affect suicide risk among Mong/Hmong youth between the ages of 18 and 25. Emerging evidence suggests that Mong/Hmong youth are at an increased risk for suicide (Huang, Lee, & Arganza, 2004; Jesilow & Xiong, 2007). Additionally, initial findings and theories have suggested potential associations between Mong/Hmong youth suicide risk and intergenerational family conflict, ethnic identity, acculturation, depression, and spirituality. The seriousness of suicide risk among Mong/Hmong youth in this country has been overlooked for decades; therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine these associations with the hope that the findings would be beneficial in future efforts to reduce suicide risk among Mong/Hmong youth. This research was a cross-sectional exploratory study that used a purposive sampling method in addition to snowball sampling. The sample consisted of 165 Mong/Hmong youth between the ages of 18 and 25 from three California academic institutions. Results indicated that of 165 respondents, 59% (n=98) have had passing thoughts of suicide. There was a correlation between ethnic identity, intergenerational family conflict, depression, and spiritual beliefs. Furthermore, ethnic identity and intergenerational family conflict were significant predictors of depression. Lastly, depression and having a belief in Mong/Hmong traditional spiritual and healing practices were predictors of suicide risk among the sampled population. Two open-ended protective factor questions were explored to encourage participants to reflect on their resilience to suicide by sharing how they responded to thoughts of ending their life and what helped them to overcome those thoughts. Five themes were identified as protective factors: (1) having the cognitive ability to understand how death affects loved ones; (2) optimism and having a positive orientation toward the future; (3) connectedness with family, friends, and community; (4) having a sense of self-worth; and (5) a social life. Implications for social work practice and policy include the development, expansion and delivery of culturally appropriate mental health treatment services for young adults. This entails the incorporation of traditional Mong/Hmong mental health healing practices into western mental health treatment, ongoing clinical research to better understand the mental health needs of the Mong/Hmong young adult population, and educating and empowering the Mong/Hmong community to access the mental health system, thereby reducing the stigma associated with mental health and increasing access to treatment.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

22

Nguapa, Ahpu. "Alternative training models for developing empowered Lisu Christian leaders." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p028-0236.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

23

Batik, Paul. "Reinvention of Taoist ritual among Yao minorities." Thesis, McGill University, 1999. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=30146.

Full text

Abstract:

The subject of our research is reinvention of Taoist ritual among Yao minorities. Imperial protocolary deeds are examined as one form of proceedings open to transformation. Liturgy or ritual installations are discussed with reference to choreography and scenography. Fieldnotes from Thailand, 1995, are provided as a side illustration.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

24

Uk, Krisna. "Living amidst remnants of war : livelihood and survival strategies of a Jorai village in northeast Cambodia." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2011. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/283878.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

25

Vang, Mong. "Understanding the Experiences of Underemployed First-Generation Hmong Graduates." Scholarly Commons, 2020. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/3679.

Full text

Abstract:

Underemployment has a rich and lengthy body of literature spanning across multiple disciplines, such as economics, business, psychology, and sociology. Past scholars studying the phenomenon have provided a framework for understanding underemployment and have identified the harm it has on organizations and individuals. Although underemployment is not a new phenomenon, gaps are present in understanding how it affects first-generation, Hmong graduates. This study provides a framework for bridging this gap. As such, this study answered three questions related to how underemployed, first-generation, Hmong college graduates describe their experience finding adequate employment after graduation, perceive the relationship between their personal upbringing and their education that effected their underemployment, and their challenges in regard to underemployment. The purpose of this study was to understand the experiences of underemployed, first-generation, Hmong college graduates and their perceptions of the primary factors affecting or influencing their underemployment. To achieve that goal, the researcher employed a generic qualitative methodology to examine the experiences of four first-generation Hmong graduates. Four umbrella themes emerged from study: 1) the practical disconnection between college and workforce application; 2) social capital inequality; 3) upbringing and underemployment connection; and 4) the reality of being underemployed as a first-generation Hmong graduate. With context supporting these themes, the researcher concluded with implications for action by suggesting strategies to innovate the college academic experience and academic support programs, as well as bring awareness to the Hmong community about underemployment.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

26

Verchot, Barbara Estelle. "Creating marginality and reconstructing narrative reconfiguring Karen social and geo-political alignment /." Orlando, Fla. : University of Central Florida, 2008. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0002045.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

27

Bär, Hans-Christoph. "Chronologisch-heilsgeschichtlicher Bibelunterricht unter den Karen im Bezirk Omkoi (Nordthailand) anhand von McIlwains Programm Building on firm foundations eine biblisch-theologische Untersuchung /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1996. http://www.tren.com.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

28

Wang, Jennifer. "Health care behaviour of Hmong refugees in Sydney." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 1998. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/27572.

Full text

Abstract:

The Hmong, a minority group from Laos, began arriving in Australia in 1976, having fled their country after the Pathet Lao (Lao communists) came into power in May, 1975. Little has been written on the Hmong in Australia but one survey conducted in 1987 on the Hmong community in Sydney identified it as socioeconomically disadvantaged (Lee 1987). At the same time, studies from the United States were discovering a significant problem of poor health status and unsatisfactory health care behaviour within various Hmong refugee communities in that country (Bliatout 1988a; Deinard and Dunnigan 1987; Scott 1982; Strand and Jones 1983). This study aims to examine the health care behaviour of Hmong in Sydney, and related socio-economic issues, in part to discover whether Hmong in Sydney exhibit similar health care behaviour and health status to Hmong in the United States. It will therefore both provide basic information on the Hmong in Australia, and specifically focus on the health care behaviour of Hmong in Sydney and, secondly, compare this with situations in the United States.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

29

Shiu-Thornton, Sharyne. "Culturally competent perinatal health care for Chinese and Mien refugees : ethnographic narratives from Seattle's International District Health Clinic /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/6468.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

30

Nam, Yung Jane. "A comparative study of Pai Yao and Han Chinese junior secondary school dropouts in Liannan Yao Autonomous County, Guangdong Province, the People's Republic of China /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1996. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B18404595.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

31

Saowaphak, Suksinchai Kritaya Archavanitkul. "Miscarriage among displace people : a case study of Karen women in Tak province, Thailand /." Abstract, 1999. http://mulinet3.li.mahidol.ac.th/thesis/2542/42E-SaowaphakS.pdf.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

32

McConnell, Walter Leslie. "J.O. Fraser and church growth among the Lisu of southwest China." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1987. http://www.tren.com.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

33

Mallow, P. Kreg. "Perceptions of social change among the Krung hilltribe of Northeast Cambodia." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2002. http://www.tren.com.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

34

Woods, Jamie D. "Welcome to America a culturally-appropriate resource manual for Karen refugees in DeKalb County, Georgia /." restricted, 2009. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-07272009-132149/.

Full text

Abstract:

Thesis (M.P.H.)--Georgia State University, 2009.
Title from file title page. Kymberle L. Sterling, committee chair; Ike S. Okosun, Russ Toal, committee members. Description based on contents viewed Nov. 10, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. 28-29).

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

35

Kimbro, Lucy Vincent. "Opening Doors: Culture Learning and Conversational Narratives with First Generation Hmong Refugee Women." PDXScholar, 1997. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4466.

Full text

Abstract:

The life experiences of two first generation Hmong refugee women form the basis of this study. Through loosely structured but guided interviews, memories of their lives in Laos and in refugee camps in Thailand, as well as their perspectives, feelings, and opinions about current aspects of their lives, the effects of American culture on their family; and their engagement in the language and culture learning process are explored. An examination of the involvement of Hmong women in research and ethnographic accounts concerning Hmong culture, history, and experience, show that Hmong women's perspectives have often been overlooked or disregarded. One purpose of this study is to afford an opportunity to hear the voices of these Hmong women, whose lives are centered in the home and in maintenance of family, and whose responsibilities and cultural roles have limited their contribution to research and literature on the Hmong and their participation in refugee and immigrant resettlement and English language programs. The data for this study was collected in tape recorded interviews using an informal, loosely structured interview process: a conversational narrative rather than a formal oral history interview. This data was then transcribed and reconstructed to form both a chronological personal history and a view of the culture and current lives of the informants. The perspectives of the women in this study, revealed through the conversational narratives, are shown to reflect the informants past reality and demonstrate their attempts to adjust to a new cultural identity and environment. Moreover, conversational narratives and oral histories are shown to be potentially valuable resources for culture and language learning and suggest meaningful applications for English as a Second Language education and refugee resettlement.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

36

Kuang, Mei Hua. "Yao rebellion in the 11th-12th years of Daoguang reign (1831-1832) :interaction and confrontation in China's middle ground." Thesis, University of Macau, 2015. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b3335313.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

37

藍容 and Yung Jane Nam. "A comparative study of Pai Yao and Han Chinese junior secondary schooldropouts in Liannan Yao Autonomous County, Guangdong Province, ThePeople's Republic of China." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1996. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31236078.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

38

Zhuo, Jing. "Intangible cultural heritage in the People's Republic of China : the example of the Miao nationality." Thesis, University of Macau, 2011. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b2291554.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

39

Komlosy, Anouska. "Images of the Dai : the aesthetics of gender and identity in Xishuangbanna." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/7293.

Full text

Abstract:

This thesis is based on fieldwork carried out m Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China. The main focus of the work is the Dai people, one of China's fifty-five so called 'Minority Nationalities'. I aim to paint a picture of the complex processes through which Dai ways of being and images of them are created and recreated. This is not to suggest that the Dai constitute a bounded group. Although Chinese official discourse presents a static, rigid picture of the so-called 'Minority Nationalities', I hope to have demonstrated that the everyday experiences of those in Banna are governed by a fluid and dynamic relationality. Images of 'Minority Nationalities' abound in China, these images are multiple and often contradictory. The Dai are known throughout China for their beauty, a beauty often portrayed as highly erotic. In this thesis I explore the implications of this image and the role of the Dai in its formation and continuity. With this in mind I examine the ways that the striking Dai aesthetic is used in the intricate power plays of Xishuangbanna. This work examines aspects of the Dai lived aesthetic and as such it has chapters on tattoo, architecture and feminine beauty. Dai aesthetic knowledge is interlaced with strands of moral, philosophical and cosmological insight, thus this work also includes a chapter on morality, autonomy and cooperation. The penultimate chapter uses vivid ethnography of the Water Splashing festival as a example of play of identities in Xishuangbanna. The Conclusion reiterates that the processes by which images, identities and aesthetic understandings are generated, and by which limits are explored and transgressed in Xishuangbanna are dialogic in character.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

40

Yokoyama, Satoshi. "A geographical study on the basis for existence of mountainous villages in northern Laos." 2003. http://www.tulips.tsukuba.ac.jp/limedio/dlam/B23/B2366109/1.pdf.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

41

Lewis, Judith A. "Hmong visual, oral and social design innovation within a frame of the familiar /." 1993. http://www.reninc.org/JudyLewisThesis.pdf.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

42

Downman, Scott Andrew. "Intra-ethnic conflict and the Hmong in Australia and Thailand." 2004. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/uploads/approved/adt-QGU20061024.120129/public/02Whole.pdf.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

43

Latt, Sai S. W. "The Hmong and Shan : ethnic politics, labour restructuring and Agrarian transformation in a Royal Upland Project in Northern Thailand /." 2008. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:MR38794.

Full text

Abstract:

Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 2008. Graduate Programme in Geography.
Typescript. Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:MR38794

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

44

Lee, Song Evellyn. "Hmong women issues: identity and mental health." 2006. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-04262006-223253/unrestricted/etd.pdf.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

45

Fink, Christina Lammert. "Imposing communities Pwo Karen experiences in Northwestern Thailand /." 1994. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/34154857.html.

Full text

Abstract:

Thesis (Ph. D. in Anthropology)--University of California, Berkeley, Dec. 1994.
eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 297-311).

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

46

Rajah, Ananda. "Remaining Karen : a study of cultural reproduction and the maintenance of identity." Phd thesis, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/110687.

Full text

Abstract:

There are an estimated 242,000 Karen in Thailand making them the largest ethnic minority in the country second only to the Chinese. In Burma, they number approximately 2.2 million. The Karen, of whom the Sgaw and Pwo represent the two largest groups based on dialectal differences, speak a number of related languages which are now recognised as belonging to the Sino-Tibetan group of languages. Since the early part of the last century, the Karen have been the subject of a number of studies by missionaries and British colonial administrators in Burma and, more recently, by anthropologists in Thailand. Two major areas of interest in the long history of Karen studies have been the nature of Karen religious systems which appear to draw on various traditions, and the nature of Karen identity which appears remarkably resistant to change. While Karen religious traditions and customs were a dominant concern in earlier studies, the question of Karen ethnic identity (or identities) has been the focus of interest in contemporary studies, matched perhaps only by an interest in Karen subsistence or economic systems. Though the more recent anthropological studies of the Karen have retained an interest in Karen religious systems, related in most part to the study of Karen ethnicity, it is remarkable that there has not been a detailed contemporary account of the indigenous, non-Buddhist, non-Christian religion of the Karen. This study is concerned with both issues -- the nature of indigenous Karen religion and the maintenance of identity in a small Karen community which is firmly located, as much by necessity as by choice, in a predominantly Northern Thai socio-economic milieu in the highlands of Northern Thailand. It is also concerned with sociological explanation as well as anthropological description, in the case of the Karen, namely the part played by an indigenous religion (which draws little from Buddhism or Christianity, both of which have had considerable influence on Karen elsewhere) in the maintenance of identity. At one level, therefore, this study may be regarded as an attempt to fill a gap in the contemporary ethnography of the Karen, that is, to provide an account of an indigenous Karen religious system as a system in its own right but taken broadly to show how it encompasses different facets of life in one Karen community. At another level, this study addresses a larger sociological issue in the study of the Karen: how a cultural identity may be constituted (and reconstituted as an on-going process) and the implications that this may have for an understanding of Karen ethnicity the principles of which, though perhaps sufficiently established as a matter of conventional sociological wisdom, have not been adequately demonstrated in relation to hard ethnographic fact. The major argument in this thesis, stated in its most general terms, is that religion and ritual sustain and reproduce what is best regarded as a cultural ideology which provides a cultural identity, and from which an ethnic identity may be constructed according to the particular circumstances and details of the contexts of intergroup relations. In the case of the Sgaw Karen of Palokhi, in Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand, who are the subject of this study, it is argued that this cultural ideology consists of the structured relations between what is best described as a "procreative model" of society and social processes, an integral part of which is a system of social classification based on the difference between male and female, cultural definitions of the relations between the two and the relationship between men and land, and a "model" of agricultural processes. The cultural ideology of the Palokhi Karen is "reproduced" in and through their religious system and ritual life, which is dominated by men who play a crucial role, and it is this which provides them with their distinctive cultural identity.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

47

Roseman, Marina. "Sound in ceremony power and performance in Temiar curing rituals /." 1986. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/23644591.html.

Full text

Abstract:

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Cornell University, June, 1986.
Typescript (photocopy). eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-245).

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

48

Borja, Melissa May. "To Follow the New Rule or Way": Hmong Refugee Resettlement and the Practice of American Religious Pluralism." Thesis, 2014. https://doi.org/10.7916/D88050PC.

Full text

Abstract:

This dissertation explores the impact of refugee migration and American refugee resettlement policies on the religious lives of Hmong refugees resettled in the in the United States between 1976 and 1990. Despite efforts to make refugee assistance a secular and religiously neutral enterprise, resettlement placed pressure for religious conformity on Hmong refugees and set in motion several changes in Hmong religious life. First, refugee resettlement imposed pressures on the practice of indigenous Hmong religion. Second, refugee resettlement facilitated Hmong adoption of Christianity, which Hmong people incorporated into their religious lives for their own purposes and in their own ways. Finally, Hmong people adapted and reinvented their indigenous beliefs and practices, as well as its institutions and identifications, in order to preserve their indigenous religious traditions.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

49

von, Luebke Runako. "Between subsistence and market : livelihood choices of Karen uplanders in Northwest Thailand." Phd thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/149933.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

50

Gomes, Alberto G. "Looking-for-money : simple commodity production in the economy of the Tapah Semai of Malaysia." Phd thesis, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/116749.

Full text

Abstract:

This thesis examines the nature of the articulation of the economy of the Tapah Semai, a Malaysian aboriginal (Orang Asli) group, with the wider Malaysian economy. Its primary aim is to document the extent of the market linkages to demonstrate that the prevailing image of the people as subsistence farmers with limited involvement in the market economy is misleading. This view is portrayed in the literature and is held by the Malaysian government which bases its policies in respect to Semai (and other Orang Asli) upon it. On the basis of an indepth village study and a regional socio-economic survey covering all the Semai villages in the Tapah region, it is demonstrated that the Tapah Semai are now deeply enmeshed in simple commodity production as well as commodity consumption. In a detailed examination of how a sample of six households in the study village, Sempak, allocated their time to production, it is demonstrated that the people spent treble the time on commodity production, such as fruit collecting, forest product gathering and rubber tapping, tha* they spent on subsistence production such as swiddening, fishing and hunting. It appears that the villagers allocated more time to commodity production because it was more efficient and productive than subsistence production. For the sample households in Sempak, it was found that in terms of imputed market value, subsistence production produced only one eighth the value of a equal amount of time spent in commodity production. As a result of its low productivity relative to commodity production, subsistence production is in decline. It appears that the villagers’ current focus on commodity production is also linked to their ever increasing desire and dependence on market goods. These market relations are underwritten by a pervasive system of credit and indebtedness which is necessary for the maintemcnce of regular trading relations with several middlemen. A detailed examination of the expenditure of the sample households indicates that about half of their total expenditure was on foodstuff which formed almost all of their food consumption. The commoditisation of the Semai economy is seen to have engendered several changes in intravillage social relations such as the development of private property, the ascendancy of appropriative practices, the appearance of intravillage entrepreneurial enterprises, the commodification and decline in sharing and labour cooperation, all of which are creating incipient social differentiation. This thesis ends with a discussion of the future of the Tapah Semai as simple commodity producers. Although the Semai economy is quite resilient, given its broad nature and flexibility, its continued viability is dependent upon several factors beyond the people’s control. The most crucial factor is legal tenure to an adequate land area. However unless the Malaysian government recognises the current nature of the Tapah Semai economy, the future of simple commodity production among the Tapah Semai is precarious.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Hmong (Southeast Asian people)'

Create a spot-on reference in APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, and other styles