Book
The Hmong of central California: an investigation and analysis of the changing family structure during liminality, acculturation and transition
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1990 • Pages: 4, 9, 223
By: Bishop, Kent Ausburn.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an ethnographic investigation of the effects of acculturation and transition on a sample of selected Hmong refugee families in the process of being integrated into contemporary American society. Changes in Hmong family structure and role modification in family relationships, values and traditions after resettlement in the United States are the primary focus of this study. The source of the author's information for his study comes from three Hmong families, each representing a separate clan. Bishop conducted preliminary surveys, preliminary interviews, and key informant interviews with this sample (52 individuals in all). The data obtained from the surveys and interviews were sorted into three major categories: before resettlement in the United States, after resettlement in the United States, and that indicative of role changes and modifications in family structure after resettlement. Much of the data analysis is based on the theories of liminality and processual social drama of Victor Turner (pp. 222-223).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Informants
- Interviewing in research
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Ethnosociology
- External migration
- Household
- Clans
- Polygamy
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- North American Hmong
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Educator
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1991
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1982-1983
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1955-1983
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Clovis/Fresno area of central California, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Kent Ausburn Bishop
- Thesis (Ed.D.) - University of San Francisco, 1984
- UM 8629401
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-221)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hmong Americans