| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 244 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
RoutledgeCurzon research on Southeast Asia ; 6
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RoutledgeCurzon research on Southeast Asia ; 6.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Karen (Southeast Asian people) -- Thailand, Northern.
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Karen (Southeast Asian people) |
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Northern Thailand. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Delang, Claudio O.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Living at the edge of Thai society. London : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003 (DLC) 2003006066 |
| ISBN |
0203356454 (electronic book) |
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9780203356456 (electronic book) |
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0415323312 (Cloth) |
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