Cosmology and the Cycle of Life : Hmong Views of Birth, Death and Gender in a Mountain Village in Northern Thailand

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ชื่อเรื่อง: Cosmology and the Cycle of Life : Hmong Views of Birth, Death and Gender in a Mountain Village in Northern Thailand
ชื่อเรื่องอื่น/ชื่อเรื่องเทียบเคียง: แนวคิด วัฒนธรรม และวงจรชีวิต : ทัศนคติที่มีต่อการเกิด การตาย และบทบาทของชายหญิงในสังคมชาวเขาเผ่าม้ง
ผู้สร้าง/เจ้าของผลงาน: Patricia V. Symonds
หัวเรื่อง: Hmong (Asian people)
Cosmology
Ethnology--Thailand
คำอธิบายรายละเอียดของเอกสาร: Birthing systems carry meanings unique to their cultural contexts. From conception to childbirth, the roles of family members reflect and reinforce cultural beliefs about the life cycle, gender roles, and spirituality. Understanding these interactions provides deeper insight into a culture and supports the delivery of culturally appropriate healthcare to expectant parents and their unborn children. Moreover, studying birth practices reveals the interplay between biology and culture.

This ethnographic study focuses on a Hmong village in northern Thailand. Using participant observation and both informal and structured interviews, the research explores Hmong conceptions of birth within the broader framework of their beliefs about gender and the life cycle.
สรุปเนื้อหา/บทคัดย่อ: All birthing systems convey meaning and purpose specific to the cultures in which they are practiced. From conception to parturition, the various roles played by different family members symbolize and reinforce cultural notions of the life cycle, gender, and spirituality. An understanding of how these factors interact not only enhances knowledge of a culture in whole, but from a practical perspective, can also aid in providing adequate and appropriate health care for expectant parents and their gestating children. More broadly, a study of birth also allows insight into the integration of biology and culture.

These points are illustrated in this ethnographic study in a Hmong village in the hills of northern Thailand. Through participant observation and both informal and structured interviews, the conceptions of birth of the Hmong--an ethic minority in Thailand--are elicited and discussed in context of Hmong ideas of gender and the cycle of life.
ผู้จัดพิมพ์/สำนักพิมพ์: National Research Council Thailand
วัน/เดือน/ปีที่ผลิตเอกสาร: 1993
วันที่บันทึกข้อมูล: 2025-06-01
สิทธิ์การเข้าถึง: This document is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0) and copyright of the Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy
ประเภท: Text
รูปแบบ: pdf
ขนาดหรือจำนวนของเอกสาร: 15 leaves
ต้นฉบับ/แหล่งที่มา: Journal of the National Research Council Vol. 25, No. 2, July-December 1993, 1-16
Library and Information Center, National Institute of Development Administration
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th
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เจ้าของลิขสิทธิ์: Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation
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