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This book brings together the fieldwork of over eighty scholars and covers the nine major countries of the region: Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. An introduction outlines important social transformations in Southeast Asia and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Barker, Joshua, 1967- (Editor ), Harms, Erik (Anthropologist) (Editor ), Lindquist, Johan (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2014]
Temas:
2000-2099
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Manners and customs.
Social conditions
Gesellschaft
Kultur
Sozialer Wandel
Modernisierung
Southeast Asia > Social conditions > 21st century.
Southeast Asia > Social life and customs > 21st century.
Southeast Asia > Biography.
Asie du Sud-Est > Conditions sociales > 21e siècle.
Asie du Sud-Est > Mœurs et coutumes > 21e siècle.
Asie du Sud-Est > Biographies.
Southeast Asia.
Südostasien
Sydostasien > vardagsliv och traditioner > 2000-talet.
Sydostasien > sociala förhållanden > 2000-talet.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This book brings together the fieldwork of over eighty scholars and covers the nine major countries of the region: Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. An introduction outlines important social transformations in Southeast Asia and key theoretical and methodological innovations that result from ethnographic attention to the study of key figures. Each section begins with an introduction by a country editor followed by short essays offering vivid and intimate portraits set against the background of contemporary Southeast Asia. The result is a volume that combines scholarly rigor with a meaningful portrayal of a region of the world undergoing rapid change. A reference bibliography offers suggestions for further reading. -- Publisher's description.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvi, 302 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-284) and index.
ISBN:9780824837792
0824837797
0824836464
9780824836467
082483741X
9780824837419

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