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4 S. Cal. Interdisc. L. J. 1 (1994-1995)
The Interpretation and Distortion of Culture: A Hmong Marriage by Capture Case in Fresno, California

handle is hein.journals/scid4 and id is 9 raw text is: ARTICLES THE INTERPRETATION AND DISTORTION OF CULTURE: A HMONG MARRIAGE BY CAPTURE CASE IN FRESNO, CALIFORNIA DEIRDRE EVANS-PRITCHARD* & ALISON DUNDES RENTELN** TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ...................................... 2 I. BACKGROUND OF THE HMONG PEOPLE IN AMERICA .............................................. 5 II. PEOPLE V. MOUA .................................... 8 A. KONG MOUA'S VERSION ............................ 9 B. SENG XIONG'S VERSION ............................. 12 IV. HMONG MARRIAGE PRACTICES ................. 13 V. HMONG MARRIAGE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT .... 16 VI. TRANSLATING HMONG CULTURE FOR THE COU RT ................................................. 18 * Ph.D., Folklore (U.C.L.A.), M.Phil., Social Anthropology (Cambridge University). For the past few years Dr. Evans-Pritchard has balanced her position as guest curator for the Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, with her work in Central America as Executive Director of the Sustainable Tourism Initiative of the Eco Institute of Costa Rica. ** Associate Professor of Political Science. Ph.D., Jurisprudence and Social Policy (Boalt Hall, University of California, Berkeley); J.D. (USC Law Center). We would like to thank the National Science Foundation's Law and Social Science Division for helping to support this research. We are also grateful to Andrew M. Kanter for his careful editing.