The spirit catches you and you fall down : a Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures
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- ISBN: 9780374533403
- ISBN: 0374533407
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Physical Description:
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ix, 355 pages ; 21 cm - Edition: Paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.
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General Note: | Includes new afterword by the author. Originally published: New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1997. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-340) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Birth -- Fish soup -- The spirit catches you and you fall down -- Do doctors eat brains? -- Take as directed -- High-velocity transcortical lead therapy -- Government property -- Foua and Nao Kao -- A little medicine and a little neeb -- War -- The big one -- Flight -- Code X -- The melting pot -- Gold and dross -- Why did they pick Merced? -- The eight questions -- The life or the soul -- The sacrifice. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down : A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down : A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Preface | p. vii | |
1 | Birth | p. 3 |
2 | Fish Soup | p. 12 |
3 | The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down | p. 20 |
4 | Do Doctors Eat Brains? | p. 32 |
5 | Take as Directed | p. 38 |
6 | High-Velocity Transcortical head Therapy | p. 60 |
7 | Government Property | p. 78 |
8 | Foua and Nao Kao | p. 93 |
9 | A Little Medicine and a Little Neeb | p. 106 |
10 | War | p. 119 |
11 | The Big One | p. 140 |
12 | Flight | p. 154 |
13 | Code X | p. 171 |
14 | The Melting Pot | p. 181 |
15 | Gold and Dross | p. 210 |
16 | Why Did They Pick Merced? | p. 225 |
17 | The Eight Questions | p. 250 |
18 | The Life or the Soul | p. 262 |
19 | The Sacrifice | p. 278 |
Afterword to the Fifteenth Anniversary Edition | p. 289 | |
Note on Hmong Orthography, Pronunciation, and Quotations | p. 305 | |
Notes on Sources | p. 307 | |
Bibliography | p. 327 | |
Acknowledgments | p. 341 | |
Index | p. 345 |