Hmong Oral History Project: Interview with Khou Xiong

Titles: Hmong Oral History Project: Interview with Khou Xiong (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Khou Xiong is a Hmong woman, 61 years old. She was a mother and housewife in Laos. She moved to Minneapolis in 1979 and presently completes Hmong handiwork sent from Laos, whose profits from sale are returned to Laos. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Khou Xiong talks of her immigration and acclimation to the United States. She notes differences in family relations, particularly in the behavior and attitudes of her children in the United States and those still in Laos. Khou Xiong ends the interview with a piece of advice for Hmong women. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: Interview translated by May Herr.

Dates

• 11/13/1991 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Xiong, Ms. Khou
• interviewer: Rossi, Linda

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 16
• Accession Number: AV1994.94.5

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Hmong Oral History Project' <OH 16>

Quantity: 1 hour sound cassette 6 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 00:58:27 running time

Subjects

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