shawoman

[George Thompson]

how about shaperson?

GAT

George A. Thompson
Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern Univ. Pr., 1998, but nothing much lately.

----- Original Message -----
From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
Date: Sunday, December 6, 2009 5:30 pm
Subject: shawoman
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU

> You could have guessed, right?
>
> 2003 Serge C. Lee and Francis K. O. Yuen, in F. K. O. Yuen _International
> Perspectives on Disability Services_ (Routledge, 2004) 129: In regard
> to
> Hmong shamanism, 51.3% (n=39) said they still somewhat respect [a] Hmong
> shaman/shawoman.
>
> About 10,000 RGs for "shawoman," as one might expect.
>
> As one might not expect, fewer than 5 for "shawomanism."
>
> JL
>
>
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