The spirit catches you and you fall down : a Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1997.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780374267810, 0374267812, 9780374525644, 0374525641
Physical Desc
xi, 339 pages ; 25 cm
Status
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1997.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780374267810, 0374267812, 9780374525644, 0374525641
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [311]-324) and index.
Description
Following the case of Lia (a Hmong child with a progressive and unpredictable form of epilepsy), Fadiman maps out the controversies raised by the collision between Western medicine and holistic healing traditions of Hmong immigrants. Unable to enter the Laotian forest to find herbs for Lia that will "fix her spirit," her family becomes resigned to the Merced County emergency system, which has little understanding of Hmong animist traditions. Fadiman reveals the rigidity and weaknesses of these two ethnographically separated cultures.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Fadiman, A. (1997). The spirit catches you and you fall down: a Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures (First edition.). Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Fadiman, Anne, 1953-. 1997. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Fadiman, Anne, 1953-. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1997.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Fadiman, Anne. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures First edition., Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1997.
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