The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
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Preface Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Afterword
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All Themes Cultural Values, Spirituality, and Medicine Blame and Power History and Ethnic Identity Integration and Assimilation
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All Characters Lia Lee Anne Fadiman Foua Lee Nao Kao Lee Neil Ernst Peggy Philp Dan Murphy Jeanine Hilt Dee Korda Sue Xiong Sukey Waller Bill Selvidge Terry Hutchinson Jonas Vangay Blia Yao Moua May Ying Xiong Arthur Kleinman Vang Pao Martin Kilgore Yer Lee
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

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Anne Fadiman

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Throughout The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, Fadiman often references the Hmong’s maximalist worldview, which takes into account all aspects of life and seeks to acknowledge the interconnectedness of all things. As…

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