From tribalism to nationalism : the anthropological turn in Laos - a tribute to Grant Evans / edited by Yves Goudineau and Vanina Bouté
- Bib ID:
- 10007196
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- Book
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- Copenhagen K, Denmark : NIAS Press, 2022
- ©2022
- xiii, 396 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
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- 9788776942960 (hardback)
- 9788776943035
- Series:
- NIAS studies in Asian topics ; no. 76.
- Summary:
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For many years, fieldwork was impossible in Laos due to the wars and then because of the overthrow of the royal power and the establishment of a revolutionary regime. Yet this country - where, to this day, very diverse ethnic minorities make up more than half the population - has long been considered by ethnologists as a quite unique place of study. Although limited in number, several good ethnographies were conducted during colonial times and after independence until the 1960s, both among certain ethnic minorities and among Lao villagers. But, with rare exceptions, they adopted a narrow focus, producing ethnic monographs or even village studies. It was not until the 1990s that some international researchers were able to return to the field in Laos, often in difficult and precarious conditions. While recognizing the value of some early ethnographies, their approach deliberately turned towards anthropological questioning with new theoretical perspectives. The book brings together several of these anthropological studies representative of a new generation of researchers engaged in fieldwork, often in collaboration with Lao researchers in joint projects. Among other aspects, their research demonstrates the value of studying the political role of the state in the management of multi-ethnicity as well as in the management of religion. But they also re-situate the study of a particular ethnic minority in the broader field of interethnic relations at the regional or national level. Published in collaboration with the Ecole francaise d'Extreme-Orient (EFEO), the book is a tribute to the late Grant Evans, whose work remains emblematic of this "anthropological turn" in Lao studies.
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- Language and culture in Laos: an agenda for research / N. J. Enfield
- Sociolects, differentiation and the integration of Lao / Boike Rehbein
- Lao peasant studies: theoretical review and perspectives for anthropology / Grant Evans
- The genesis and demarcation of the religious field: monasteries, state schools and the secular sphere in Lao Buddhism / Patrice Ladwig
- The early years of the Lao revolution (1945-1949): between history, myth and experience / Vatthana Pholsena
- The anthropology of Southern Laos and the origin of the Kantu issue / Yves Goudineau
- The case of the Brao: revisiting physical borders, ethnic identities and spatial and social organisation in the hinterlands of Southern Laos and Northeastern Cambodia / Ian G. Baird
- The ruins, the 'Barbarians' and the foreign princess: heritage, orality and transethnic imaginary in Northern Laos / Olivier Evrard and Chiemsisouraj Chanthaphilith
- The end of rituals. A dialogue between theory and ethnography in Laos / Guido Sprenger
- Buddhism and spirit cults among the Phunoy of North Laos / Vanina Boute
- Huaphanh revolutionary heritage and social transformations in the 'birthplace of Lao PDR' / Oliver Tappe
- The ongoing invention of a multi-ethnic heritage in Laos / Yves Goudineau.
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- "A wide-ranging survey of anthropological research in Laos. Laos has long been considered by ethnologists as a unique place of study. To this day, diverse ethnic minorities make up over half the country's population. In earlier times, several good ethnographies were made but usually they were narrow in scope. War and revolution then made fieldwork impossible in Laos until the 1990s, when some international researchers returned. ... This volume brings together several such studies by this new generation of researchers, their fieldwork often joint projects in collaboration with Lao researchers. Published in collaboration with the École française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO), the book is a tribute to the late Grant Evans, whose work remains emblematic of this 'anthropological turn' in Lao studies"--Back cover.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-374) and index.
- In English.
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