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"Calling in the Soul (Hu Plig) is the chant the Hmong use to guide the soul of a newborn baby into its body on the third day after birth. Based on extensive original research conducted in the late 1980's in a village in northern Thailand, this ethnographic study examines Hmong cosmological beliefs about the cycle of life as expressed in practices surrounding birth, marriage, and death, and the gender relationships evident in these practices. The social framework of the Hmong (or Miao, as they are called in China, and Meo, in Thailand), who have lived on the fringes of powerful Southeast Asian states for centuries, is distinctly patrilineal, granting little direct power to women. Yet within the limits of this structure, Hmong women wield considerable influence in the spiritually critical realms of birth and death"--

Hmong Americans --- Patrilineal kinship --- Sexual division of labor --- Sex role --- Women, Hmong --- Hmong (Asian people) --- Agnatic descent --- Agnatic kinship --- Patrilineal descent --- Patriliny --- Unilineal descent (Kinship) --- Patriarchy --- Division of labor by sex --- Division of labor --- Sex discrimination in employment --- Gender role --- Sex (Psychology) --- Sex differences (Psychology) --- Social role --- Gender expression --- Sexism --- Hmong women --- Women, Hmong (Asian people) --- Hmoob (Asian people) --- Hmu (Asian people) --- Hmung (Asian people) --- Humung (Asian people) --- Meo (Southeast Asian people) --- Miao people --- Moob (Asian people) --- Ethnology --- Social life and customs. --- Social conditions. --- Rites and ceremonies. --- Thailand, Northern --- Gender roles --- Gendered role --- Gendered roles --- Role, Gender --- Role, Gendered --- Role, Sex --- Roles, Gender --- Roles, Gendered --- Roles, Sex --- Sex roles