The Hmong of Australia

The Hmong of Australia

Culture and Diaspora

Edited by: Nicholas Tapp, Gary Yia Lee

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The Hmong are among Australia’s newest immigrant populations. They came as refugees from Laos after the communist revolution of 1975 ended their life there as highland shifting cultivators. The Hmong originate from southern China where many still remain, and others live in Vietnam, Thailand and Burma. Hmong refugees are now also settled in the USA, Canada, France, Germany and French Guyana. Already the beauty and richness of traditional Hmong culture, in particular their shamanism and embroidered costume, has attracted the attention of the Australian public, but little is known about these people, their background or the struggles they have faced to adjust to a new life in Australia.This interdisciplinary collection of articles deals with their music and textiles, gender and language, their social adaptation and their global diaspora. The book aims to bring knowledge of the Hmong to a wider public and contribute to the understanding of these people.

Details

ISBN (print):
9781921666940
ISBN (online):
9781921666957
Publication date:
Nov 2010
Note:
First published 2004 by Pandanus Books 
Imprint:
ANU Press
DOI:
http://doi.org/10.22459/HA.11.2010
Disciplines:
Arts & Humanities: Cultural Studies; Social Sciences: Sociology
Countries:
Australia; East Asia: China; Europe: France, Germany; North America: Canada, United States; Southeast Asia: Burma/Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam

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