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Traditional Hmong birth customs: a historical study

Hmong in the West : observations and reports • Minneapolis, Minn. • Published In 1982 • Pages: 48-62

By: Potter, Gayle Siscard, Whiren, Alice.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

This paper deals with traditional Hmong customs associated with pregnancy and childbirth as practiced in Southeast Asia, and does not necessarily represent the current practices of the North American Hmong. It is included as background information. Much of the material in this work related to the concepts of reproduction, pregnancy, birth and post partum practices was obtained from informants interviewed in a Hmong community in Lansing, Mich.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Naming

Conception

Childbirth

Difficult and unusual births

Ceremonial during infancy and childhood

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

article

Evaluation

Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.

Psychologist

Social Scientist

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.

4: Excellent Secondary 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

1981

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

not specified

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

Lansing, Michigan, United States

NotesAdditional notes

[by] Gayle Siscard Potter and Alice Whiren

Includes bibliographical references (p. 62)

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Hmong Americans