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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

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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.

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