Reading Schedule
Books (required)
You will need to purchase the following books or get access to them through the library at the links below:
Smalley, William A., Chia Koua Vang, and Gnia Yee Yang. 1990. Mother of Writing: The Origin and Development of a Hmong Messianic Script. The University of Chicago Press.
(Referred to in the schedule as "Smalley")
Yang, Kao Kalia. 2008. The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir. Coffee House Press.
(Referred to in the schedule as "Yang-LHC")
The library has made a digital copy of this book available here.
Vang, Ma. 2021. History on the Run : Secrecy, Fugitivity, and Hmong Refugee Epistemologies. Duke University Press.
(Referred to in the schedule as "Vang-HOTR").
The library has made a digital copy of this book available here.
Books (optional)
We will read selections of some of these books, but you may also find them useful for further research.
Tapp, Nicholas. 2005. Sovereignty and Rebellion: The White Hmong of Northern Thailand, Second Edition. White Lotus Press.
(Referred to in the schedule as "Tapp-S&R").
Tapp, Nicholas. 2001. The Hmong of China: Context, Agency, and the Imaginary. Brill.
(Referred to in the schedule as "Tapp-China").
Lee, Mai Na M. 2015. Dreams of the Hmong Kingdom: The Quest for Legitimation in French Indochina, 1850–1960. University of Wisconsin Press.
(Referred to in the schedule as "Lee-Dreams").
Ngô, Tâm T. T. 2016. The New Way: Protestantism and the Hmong in Vietnam. University of Washington Press.
(Referred to in the schedule as "Ngo").
The library has made a digital copy of this book available here.
Lee, Sangmi. 2024. Reclaiming Diasporic Identity : Transnational Continuity and National Fragmentation in the Hmong Diaspora. University of Illinois Press.
(Referred to in the schedule as "Lee--Reclaim").