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Transmission and reconstruction of gender through dress: Hmong American New Year rituals
Clothing and textiles research journal • 14 (4) • Published In 1996 • Pages: 257-266
By: Lynch, Annette, Detzner, Daniel T., Eicher, Joanne.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is the second of two, focused on the role of dress in the formulation of Hmong American cultural life. The first article (see Lynch 1995, document no. 35 in this file), '… focused on the performance of two versions of Hmong American New Year and how dress is used by Hmong Americqns to make sense of their position between the cultural world of the past and contemporary American culture. This paper centers on the transmission and reconstruction of female gender roles in the American context as expressed through women's headdress worn to the Hmong American New Year celebration. Both uses of dress arose out of attempts to reconcile the cultural life of the past with their lives in the United States; both are expressed visually through the dressed and evaluated body within the context of the Hmong New Year celebration' (p. 257).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Normal garb
- Special garments
- Rest days and holidays
- Regulation of marriage
- Ethnosociology
- Adolescent activities
- Gender roles and issues
- 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 TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1987-1990
- 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)
- St. Paul, Wisconsin, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Annette Lynch, Daniel T. Detzner and Joanne Eicher
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-266)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 97647996
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hmong Americans