| Description |
1 online resource (231 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Contemporary Asia Series |
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Routledge contemporary Asia series.
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| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Ethnonyms: Naming oneself, naming others and being named in a multi-ethnic complex; 1 The ethnonyms of the Hmong in Vietnam: Early history (18561924) and practical epistemology; 2 Rai, Khambu, Subba, Kirant, etc.: ethnic labels or political and land tenure categories?: Logics of identification of an ensemble of populations in Nepal; 3 Making ethnonyms in a clan social organization The case of the so-called Kachin subgroups (Burma) |
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4 Names and territoriality among the Phunoy: How the state creates ethnic group (Lao PDR)Part II: Spatial configurations and appropriation of the social landscape in multi-ethnic contexts; 5 A sense of place: The spatial referent in the definition of identities and territories in the Dulong Valley (north-west Yunnan China); 6 Territorial construction and ethnic relations in the context of collectivization: A case study from a mountain area in northern Vietnam |
| Summary |
Examines interethic relationships between groups and the dynamics of exchange networks throughout Asia and includes case studies based in Vietnam, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Nepal, China, Indonesia, and Russia |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Asia -- Ethnic relations
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Communication and culture -- Asia
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Intercultural communication -- Asia
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Names, Ethnological -- Asia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Robinne, Franois
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| ISBN |
9780203861387 |
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0203861388 |
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1282590340 |
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9781282590342 |
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