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 Hmong have a phrase, 'hais cuaj txub kaum txub,' which means 'to speak of all kinds of things.' It is often used at the beginning of an oral narrative as a way of reminding the listeners that the world is full of things that may not seem to be connected but actually are; that no event occurs in isolation; that you can miss a lot by sticking to the point; and that what you can learn from even the most ordinary of events depends on the connections you can make.Anne Fadiman
To the Hmong, an unmarried woman is like a piece of string thrown out into the sun.Anne Fadiman
When Lia was about three months old, her older sister Yer slammed the door of the Lees’ apartment. A few moments later, Lia’s eyes rolled up, her arms jerked over her head, and she fainted.Anne Fadiman
Maybe the reason you can’t take Westerners out of their bodies is that they can’t conceive of spirit as anything but embodied.Anne Fadiman
Had Lia's parents been American, I believe they could have sued the hospital for malpractice and won.Anne Fadiman
You read the chart and you it says, 'This weird savages came in and rejected what we did.' ... Every time you see them, it grinds on you and you get even more angry.Neil Ernst (Doctor)
Family, including others who may not be biologically related but are treated as relatives, is what breathes life into a home.Anne Fadiman
It gave nobody any satisfaction to watch her lie in bed with her eyes half-closed, ignoring everyone around her.Anne Fadiman
When you do not have much already, you have less to lose.Anne Fadiman
Medicine was religion. Religion was society. Society was medicine.Anne Fadiman