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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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Other Authors: Lindquist, Johan (Editor), Harms, Erik (Anthropologist) (Editor), Barker, Joshua, 1967- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Modernisierung
Sozialer Wandel
Kultur
Gesellschaft
Social conditions
Manners and customs.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Sydostasien > sociala förhållanden > 2000-talet.
Sydostasien > vardagsliv och traditioner > 2000-talet.
Südostasien
Southeast Asia.
Asie du Sud-Est > Biographies.
Asie du Sud-Est > Moeurs et coutumes > 21e siecle.
Asie du Sud-Est > Conditions sociales > 21e siecle.
Southeast Asia > Biography.
Southeast Asia > Social life and customs > 21st century.
Southeast Asia > Social conditions > 21st century.
Biographies.
collective biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource: illustrations, map
ISBN:9780824837792

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