Inter-Ethnic Dynamics in Asia (eBook, ePUB)

Considering the Other through Ethnonyms, Territories and Rituals
Redaktion: Culas, Christian; Robinne, François

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines interethic relationships between groups and the dynamics of exchange networks throughout Asia and includes case studies based in Vietnam, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Nepal, China, Indonesia, and Russia.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135172008
• Artikelnr.: 42513125

Autorenporträt

Christian Culas is a Senior Research Fellow in Anthropology at the French Institute on Contemporary South-East Asia (IRASEC - CNRS-French Ministry of Foreign Affairs) at Hanoi belonging to the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). François Robinne is Director of Research in CNRS (National Centre for Scientific Research) and Director of IRSEA (Institute of Research on South-East Asia) at the Université de Provence, France.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction C. Culas and F. Robinne Part I: Ethnonyms : Naming oneself,
naming others and being named in a multi-ethnic complex 1. The ethnonyms of
the Hmong in Vietnam: Early history (1856-1924) and practical epistemology
Christian Culas 2. Rai, Khambu, Kirant etc.: ethnic labels or political and
land tenure categories ? Logics of identification of an ensemble of
populations in Nepal Grégoire Schlemmer 3. Making ethnonyms in a clan
social organization: The case of the so-called Kachin subgroups (Burma)
François Robinne 4. Names and Territoriality among the Phunoy: How The
State creates Ethnic Group (Lao PDR) Vanina BoutéPart II: Spatial
configurations and appropriation of the social landscapre in multi-ethnic
contexts 5. A Sense of Place. The Spatial Referent in the Definition of
Identities and Territories in the Dulong Valley (Northwest Yunnan - China)
Stéphane Gros 6. Territorial construction and ethnic relations in the
context of collectivisation A case study from a mountain area in Northern
Vietnam Marie MellacPart III: Presence and use of the Other in religious
rituals7. Orthodox Russians, Siberian shamanists and a bear : How do you
take an oath in Siberia ? Jean-Luc Lambert 8. The illness is the other
people: cross representations and ritual mangement of alterity and illness
among the Kulung (Nepal) Grégoire Schlemmer 9. Presence and use of the
Burmese legend heritage in the dynamic of interethnic relations (South Shan
State) François RobinnePart IV: Analyse a-contrario 10. Ethnic Isolationism
in the China-Southeast Asia Borderlands Nicholas Tapp