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The Bride Price: A Hmong Wedding Story
Contributor(s): Moua, Mai Neng (Author)

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 ISBN: 1681340364     ISBN-13: 9781681340364
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Asian American Studies
- Social Science | Customs & Traditions
- Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family
Dewey: 305.895
LCCN: 2016047352
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 9" L (0.70 lbs) 240 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Asian
- Event - Wedding
Features: Price on Product
Review Citations: Library Journal 04/01/2017 pg. 100
 
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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. The couple refuses to participate in the tshoob, the traditional Hmong marriage ceremony; many members of their families, on both sides, stay away from their church wedding. Months later, the families carry out the tshoob without the wedding couple. But even after the bride price has been paid, Mai Neng finds herself outside of Hmong culture and at odds with her mother, not realizing the full meaning of the customs she has rejected. As she navigates the Hmong world of animism, Christianity, and traditional gender roles, she begins to learn what she has not been taught. Through a trip to Thailand, through hard work in the garden, through the birth of another generation, one strong woman seeks reconciliation with another.

Contributor Bio(s): Moua, Mai Neng: - Mai Neng Moua is a writer and the founder of the Hmong literary arts journal Paj Ntaub Voice.
 
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