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Centering the margin : agency and narrative in Southeast Asian borderlands /

In a completely new approach to borders and border crossing, this volume suggests a re-conceptualization of the nation in Southeast Asia. Choosing an actor approach, the individual chapters in this volume capture the narratives of minorities, migrants and refugees who inhabit and cross borders as pa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Horstmann, Alexander, Wadley, Reed L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2006.
Colección:Asian anthropologies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In a completely new approach to borders and border crossing, this volume suggests a re-conceptualization of the nation in Southeast Asia. Choosing an actor approach, the individual chapters in this volume capture the narratives of minorities, migrants and refugees who inhabit and cross borders as part of their everyday life. They show that people are not only constrained by borders; the crossing of borders also opens up new options of agency. Making active use of these, border-crossing actors construct their own live projects on the border in multiple ways against the original intention of.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (246 pages).
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780857454393
0857454390
Acceso:Legal Deposit;