Space and the production of cultural difference among the Akha prior to globalization : channeling the flow of life /

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Based on the author's extensive fieldwork among the Akha people prior to full nation-state integration, this illuminating study critically reexamines assumptions about space, power, and the politics of identity, so often based on modern, western contexts. Tooker explores the active role that sp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tooker, Deborah E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, Ã2012.
Colección:ICAS publications series. Monographs ; 6.
Temas:
Akha (Southeast Asian people)
Ethnology > Southeast Asia.
Akha (Peuple d'Asie)
Ethnologie > Asie du Sud-Est.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Ethnology
Southeast Asia
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Space and the Production of Cultural Difference Among the Akha Prior to Globalization; Table of Contents; List of Maps, Tables, Figures and Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Note on Akha Transcription; 1 Bearings; 2 Moving Through History; 3 Space and the Flow of Life; 4 Spatializing the Upland Village Polity and its Alter, the Lowland Muang; 5 Space and Fertility in House and Field; 6 Chanting to Produce the Inside and Outside; 7 Rethinking the Cosmic Polity; 8 Space, Life, and Identity; Appendix A: Spirit Chanting of the Inside: Types of Ceremonies.
  • Appendix B: Spirit Chanting of the Outside: Types of CeremoniesAkha Glossary; Notes; List of References; English Language Index; Akha Language Index; Biographical Note about the Author.

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