| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 244 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
RoutledgeCurzon research on Southeast Asia ; 6 |
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RoutledgeCurzon research on Southeast Asia ; 6.
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| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Units of measurement; Studying peoples often called Karen; Negotiating an ethnic identity; Introduction; Constructing marginality: the 'hill tribe' Karen and their shifting locations within Thai state and public perspectives; Trapped in environmental discourses and politics of exclusion: Karen in the Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary in the context of forest and hill tribe policies in Thailand; Community culture: strengthening persistence to empower resistance |
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Social practices and transformations: courtship, marriage, and changing sexual moralityIntroduction; Living for funerals: Karen teenagers and romantic love; Morality, sexuality and mobility: changing moral discourse and self; When it is better to sing than to speak: the use of traditional verses (hta) in tense social situations; Social and economic adaptation to government development policies; Introduction; Social and economic adaptations to a changing landscape: realities, opport |
| Summary |
This book is the first major ethnographic and anthropological study of the Karen for over a decade and looks at such key issues as history, ethnic identity, religious change, the impact of government intervention and gender relations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Karen (Southeast Asian people) -- Thailand, Northern
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Karen (Southeast Asian people)
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Northern Thailand
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Delang, Claudio O
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| LC no. |
2003006066 |
| ISBN |
0203356454 |
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9780203356456 |
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9780415323314 |
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0415323312 |
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9786610100248 |
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6610100241 |
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