Anthropology 170 (Perez)

How do Hmong immigrant/refugee communities and families negotiate kinship, marriage, gender and family structures in the US?

Sample Searches:

1. Hmong AND (kinship OR family)
2. Hmong AND (immigrant* OR refugee*) AND (marriage OR gender OR family OR kinship)
3. Hmong AND (west OR “united states” OR US) AND (family OR gender)

Questions:

• What kind of search strategies did I use?
• Do you think one of these strategies is better than another?  Why or why not?

How are families dealing with fathers who travel back to Southeast Asia in order to marry or date young Hmong women (negotiating transnational and polygamous marriage practices)?

Sample Searches:

1. Hmong AND marriage* AND transnational
2. Hmong AND marriage AND (polygamous or illegal)
3. (“transnational marriage*” OR “cross-border marriage*) AND “Southeast Asia”

Questions:

• What kind of search strategies did I use?
• Do you think one of these strategies is better than another?  Why or why not?