The Modern Anthropology of South-East Asia: An IntroductionThis is the first comprehensive introduction to the social and cultural anthropology of South-East Asia. It provides an overview of the major theoretical issues and themes which have emerged from the engagement of anthropologists with South-East Asian communities; a succinct historical survey and analysis of the peoples and cultures of the region. Most importantly the volume reveals the vitally important role which the study of the area has occupied in the development of the concepts and methods of anthropology: from the perspectives of Edmund Leach to Clifford Geertz, Maurice Freedman to Claude Levi-Strauss; Lauriston Sharp to Melford Spiro. |
Contents
a field of anthropological enquiry? | 1 |
Anthropology and the colonial impact 19001950 | 25 |
Anthropology in the period of decolonization | 68 |
peasants as partsocieties | 156 |
Ethnicity identity and nationalism | 193 |
Ecology and environmental change | 231 |
Gender and the sexes | 262 |
Urban ways of life | 289 |
Conclusion | 308 |
Other editions - View all
The Modern Anthropology of South-East Asia: An Introduction Victor T. King,William D. Wilder Limited preview - 2003 |
The Modern Anthropology of South-East Asia: An Introduction Victor King,William D. Wilder Limited preview - 2020 |
The Modern Anthropology of South-East Asia: An Introduction Victor T. King No preview available - 2003 |
Common terms and phrases
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References to this book
Mien Relations: Mountain People and State Control in Thailand Hjorleifur Jonsson Limited preview - 2005 |
Modernity and Malaysia: Settling the Menraq Forest Nomads Alberto G. Gomes No preview available - 2007 |