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dc.contributor.authorSantasombat, Yos
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-12 00:00:00
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T14:54:10Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T14:54:10Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier459351
dc.identifierOCN: 298587105en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33701
dc.description.abstractThe Thai—Yunnan Project is proud to present this English-language version of Professor Yos Santasombat’s fascinating ethnography of the Tai in Daikong, southwestern China. It represents a significant contribution to the ethnographic record of the Tai peoples. The village of Lak Chang is located close to the edge of the Tai world and is increasingly embraced by Chinese influence. Professor Yos skilfully weaves ethnographic and historical writing to chart the course of Lak Chang’s incorporation into the modern Chinese state. This has been a painful history but what emerges in this account is a sense of Tai cultural identity that is vigorous and adaptive. “The Tai ethnic category is thus a complex and dynamic construct which takes place within the context of changing power relations and socio-economic conditions where the past is reconstructed to give meaning to the present and hope for the future.” In his account of the labours, rituals and beliefs of the Tai villagers of Daikong, Professor Yos brings contemporary ethnic identity to their life. Among the patchwork paddyfields and haphazard laneways of Lak Chang we come to a greater understanding of how global and regional processes of modernisation are managed and selectively incorporated by one local community.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSL Ethnic studiesen_US
dc.subject.otheryunnan province
dc.subject.othertai
dc.subject.otherethnography
dc.subject.otherchina
dc.subject.otherBuddhism
dc.subject.otherChao Pha
dc.subject.otherEthnic group
dc.subject.otherRice
dc.subject.otherShan people
dc.subject.otherTai peoples
dc.subject.otherVillage
dc.titleLak Chang: A reconstruction of Tai identity in Daikong
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.26530/OAPEN_459351
oapen.relation.isPublishedByddc8cc3f-dd57-40ef-b8d5-06f839686b71
oapen.pages181
oapen.place.publicationCanberra
oapen.remark.publicRelevant Wikipedia pages: Buddhism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism; Chao Pha - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chao_Pha; Ethnic group - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_group; Rice - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice; Shan people - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shan_people; Tai peoples - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tai_peoples; Village - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village
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