[Tlc] TLC-Hmong Studies New Book

[justinm at ucr.edu]

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justin

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                           

Date:  March 01, 2009

 

Contact: Lee Pao Xiong – Director

Center for Hmong Studies – Concordia University

Phone: 651-641-8870

Email: xiong at csp.edu

 

The Impact of Globalization and Trans-Nationalism on the Hmong

 

St. Paul, MN –The Center for Hmong Studies at Concordia University, St. Paul is pleased to announce its’ first publication,  The Impact of Globalization and Trans-Nationalism on the Hmong. This publication is a compilation of papers presented at the First International Conference on Hmong Studies in 2006 by various Hmong Studies scholars.   

 

The subjects encompass topics such as spiritual rituals, health, leadership development, Hmong Diaspora, and more.  Papers selected were from scholars such as Vincent K. Her, PhD, Kathleen A. Culhane-Pera, MD, MA, Mai Moua, PhD, Yang Dao, PhD, and Gary Yia Lee, PhD, as well as seven other.

 

Here is a sample of Vincent K. Her’s introduction from “Animal Sacrifice and Social Meanings in Hmong American Funerals” on page 3:

 

Killing a cow and offering it to a deceased father or mother is common in Hmong American funerals across the United States.  This important tradition, however, has yet to receive serious attention from scholars of Hmong Studies, and hence, a meaningful account of it is presently lacking.  In general, animal sacrifice remains little understood and continues to be frown upon as an ‘exotic’ practice, driven by superstitious beliefs.  Even informed scholarly accounts have tended to see it for its ‘spiritual’ mystique rather than its ‘worldly’ rationale.

 

Publishing The Impact of Globalization and Trans-Nationalism on the Hmong offers researchers and knowledge-hungry individuals the opportunity to learn more about the Hmong in our ever-growing communities in the United States of America, and around the world.

 

The mission of the Center for Hmong Studies at Concordia University, St. Paul, seeks to honor the past, interpret the present, and enrich the future through research and publication, curriculum development and teaching, and conferences and community engagement.

 

Attached you will find the book cover and the table of content.  Please contact Tzy Lee Ya for ordering information. She can be reached at ya at csp.edu.

 

For more information, please contact Lee Pao Xiong.

 

 

Lee Pao Xiong, Director

The Center for Hmong Studies

Concordia University, St. Paul

275 North Syndicate Street

St. Paul, Minnesota 55104-5494

(651)641-8870

 

www.csp.edu/hmongcenter

______________
Dr. Justin McDaniel
Dept. of Religious Studies
3046 INTN
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
951-827-4530
justinm at ucr.edu
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