Contesting Marginality: Consumption, Networks, and Everyday Practice among Hmong Girls in Sa Pa, Northwestern Vietnam

Using ethnographic data collected between 2000 and 2008, this article analyzes changes that have occurred in the lives of Hmong girls in Sa Pa, northwestern Vietnam, since they first came to Sa Pa Town to sell handicrafts and to work as tour guides close to a decade ago. Through in-depth analysis of...

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Published in:Journal of Vietnamese studies (Berkeley, Calif.) Calif.), 2008-10, Vol.3 (3), p.231-260
Main Author: Hanh, Duang Bích
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Activities of daily living
Area studies
Blankets
Consumption
Consumption patterns
Crafts
Ethnicity
Everyday life
Girls
Handicrafts
Highlands
Hmong
Hmong people
Identity
Living conditions
Marginality
Marginalization
Marriage
Movies
Research Essays
Rooms
Social networks
Stereotypes
Tourism
Vietnam
Women's role
Wrist
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Area studies
Blankets
Consumption
Consumption patterns
Crafts
Ethnicity
Everyday life
Girls
Handicrafts
Highlands
Hmong
Hmong people
Identity
Living conditions
Marginality
Marginalization
Marriage
Movies
Research Essays
Rooms
Social networks
Stereotypes
Tourism
Vietnam
Women's role
Wrist
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