Bride Price : A Hmong Wedding Story /

"A principled decision brings unexpected consequences for a Hmong American woman struggling to reconcile the two cultures--and to be a good daughter while breaking the rules. When Mai Neng Moua decides to get married, her mother, a widow, wants the groom to follow Hmong custom and pay a bride p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moua, Mai Neng, 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Saint Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Yang, Blong > Family.
Moua, Mai Neng, > 1974-
Mothers and daughters.
Married people.
Kidneys > Transplantation.
Hmong Americans > Social life and customs.
Hmong American women.
Families.
Children of immigrants.
Bride price.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies.
Reins > Greffe > Biographies.
Couples maries > Minnesota > Saint Paul > Biographies.
Enfants d'immigrants > Minnesota > Biographies.
Meres et filles > Minnesota > Biographies.
Americains d'origine miao > Minnesota > Moeurs et coutumes.
Americaines d'origine miao > Minnesota > Biographies.
Prix de la fiancee.
Americains d'origine miao > Rites et ceremonies du mariage.
Kidneys > Transplantation > Biography.
Married people > Minnesota > Saint Paul > Biography.
Children of immigrants > Minnesota > Biography.
Mothers and daughters > Minnesota > Biography.
Hmong Americans > Minnesota > Social life and customs.
Hmong American women > Minnesota > Biography.
Hmong Americans > Marriage customs and rites.
Minnesota > Saint Paul.
Minnesota.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"A principled decision brings unexpected consequences for a Hmong American woman struggling to reconcile the two cultures--and to be a good daughter while breaking the rules. When Mai Neng Moua decides to get married, her mother, a widow, wants the groom to follow Hmong custom and pay a bride price, which both honors the work the bride's family has done in raising a daughter and offers a promise of love and security from the groom's family. Mai Neng, who knows the pain this tradition has caused, says no. Her husband-to-be supports her choice. What happens next is devastating, and it raises questions about the very meaning of being Hmong in America."--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:1 online resource (240 pages).
ISBN:9781681340371

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