Define and give a bit of its significance‚ such what these people/things/practices/rules are and do in the book (go to other side of page or a new one if necessary): Txiv neeb A shaman who was believed to have the ability to enter a trance and negotiate for his patient’s health. Was mainly used by Hmong people who couldn’t conceive children. dab a malevolent spirit that was detaining a child birth. hu plig soul calling‚ which in Laos was always the third day after child birth.
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down In the book‚ The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down‚ Anne Fadiman tells us the story of a little girl named Lia Lee‚ caught between the differences of two cultures. The differences in Lia’s parents’ knowledge‚ abilities‚ and understanding of the culture they were surrounded by and the rationalized facts that Western medicine and its culture provide bring us to the borderland of the two. When these two cultures meet Lia’s life is put in danger‚ not
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child that sat between two cultures; the Hmong culture and the culture of American health care professionals. Anne Fadiman takes the reader on a cultural journey where she describes the case of Lia Lee‚ a Hmong infant that suffers from epilepsy. As she tells the story of Lia and her immigrant family that had to flee from their home country and eventually gained entrance into the United States‚ she reveals the history and cultural traditions of the Hmong people. Moreover‚ she describes how her parents
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preventive‚ primary‚ and specialty care. The Hmong are one of the ethnic minority groups listed in the U.S. population. Currently there are more than 170‚000 Hmong living in the United States. The majority of Hmong in the U.S. currently reside in California‚ Minnesota‚ Wisconsin‚ North Carolina‚ and Michigan. In order to care for these individuals in
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the family next door – the Hmongs – through his overtly racist comments (“swamp rats...zipper head”.) and his refusal to help Tao with the jumper leads. He’s horrified by the sacrifice he witnesses in the neighbours’ back yard. But his rejection of and isolation from his own family are contrasted with the family next door: their own gathering represents how strong still are the ties of religion and family‚ despite the tensions and conflict over Tao. Tao and the Hmong gang In poor neighbourhoods
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is annoyed by the increased amount of Asian immigrants‚ specifically Hmong refugees‚ moving into his neighbourhood‚ a change which surges his distinct prejudices. His neighbours‚ whom he calls “gooks” or “zipperheads”‚ reminds him of his time in Korea. Likewise‚ Walt‚ without hesitation‚ pulls out his gun when their son‚ Thao Lor‚ tries to steal his car after being pressured by his cousin’s gang. Both Father Janovich and the Shaman‚ Kor Khue‚ have come to the conclusion that Walt is unable to move
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and You Fall Down It was typically Hmong for patients to appear passively obedient – thus protecting their own dignity by concealing their ignorance and their doctor’s dignity by acting deferential – and then‚ as soon as they left the hospital‚ to ignore everything to which they had supposedly assented” (page 68). This quote by author‚ Anne Fadiman‚ of ethnography The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down demonstrates quite well the cultural clash between the Hmong and the MCMC doctors. This quote
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following fact that the Hmong do not completely believe in western medicine. Anne Fadiman isn’t your ordinary anthropologist‚ she is an American essayist and reporter. In her research she used ethnographic methods such as fieldwork‚ participant-observation and interviews. Her ethnographic connections were organized by Blia Yao Moua‚ a clan leader in the same clan as the Lees. “They teach me. When I
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of an American‚ Hispanic and Hmong family and how the findings are both different and similar in the areas of health maintenance‚ health protection and health restoration. Health Maintenance According to the Edelman‚ Kudzma and Mandle (2010) health maintenance is a systematic program‚ regimen or procedure planned to prevent illness‚ maintain maximum function and promotes health.
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other cultures because the United States is such a diverse country. However‚ as an American‚ I understood the frustrations that Lia Lee’s doctors’ felt when trying to diagnose and treat her properly. In this book both the American doctors and the Hmong peoples faced many hardships and barriers when trying to communicate with each other. After having read this book I can understand where both groups were coming from and reasons for their actions. I could only imagine the level of difficulty and anger
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