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Segmentary kinship in an urban society: the Hmong of St. Paul-Minneapolis
Anthropological quarterly • 55 • Published In 1982 • Pages: 126-134
By: Dunnigan, Timothy J..
Abstract
This article presents a brief discussion of the segmenary social system (based on agnatic descent) of the refugee Laotian Hmong living in the St. Paul-Minneapolis area of Minnesota. Much of the material in this study deals with the structure of the lineage, sub-lineage, and clan and the position of the nuclear and/or extended family in this kinship system. The various sub-lineages described in the text '…also belong to pyramidal economic and political networks that complement kinship. These networks are linked to a national leadership that works through local mutual assistance associations' (p. 126-A).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1991
- Field Date
- 1977-1981
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
- Notes
- [by] Timothy J. Dunnigan
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 134)
- LCSH
- Hmong Americans