一部反映美国苗族生存状况的作品--以纪实文学The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down为例

摘要

In nonfiction The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down,American author Anne Fadiman narrates a true case which she experienced,namely the clash between American medical staff and Hmong parents whose daughter suffered from epilepsy, Its historic,anthropological and medical signifi-cant could help us to study modern living condition of the Hmong.%美国女作家安妮·法迪曼在其获奖纪实文学作品The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down中以叙事者身份向美国社会讲述了她亲历的一桩苗族病人与美国医生在治疗方法上有巨大分歧的案例，由此引出苗族移居美国后面临的一系列社会问题。该作品在史学、人类学及医学三个领域都有深刻意义，这对国人了解当代海外苗族/Hmong人的生存状况具有重要意义。