Inter-ethnic dynamics in Asia : considering the other through ethnonyms, territories and ritual / edited by Christian Culas, Francois Robinne.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Culas, Christian.

Robinne, François

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Routledge contemporary Asia series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication and culture--Asia.

Communication and culture.

Names, Ethnological--Asia.

Names, Ethnological.

Ethnic relations.

Asia--Ethnic relations.

Asia.

Physical Description:

xii, 216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.

Contents:

Part I Ethnonyms: naming oneself, naming others and being named in a multi-ethnic complex 11

1 The ethnonyms of the Hmong in Vietnam: early history (1856-1924) and practical epistemology / Christian Culas Culas, Christian 13

2 Rai, Khambu, Subbu, Kirant, etc.: ethnic labels or political and land tenure categories? Logics of identification of an ensemble of populations in Nepal / Grégoire Schlemmer Schlemmer, Grégoire 42

3 Making ethnonyms in a clan social organization: the case of the so-called Kachin subgroups (Burma) / François Robinne Robinne, François 57

4 Names and territoriality among the Phunoy: how the state creates ethnic group (Lao PDR) / Vanina Bouté Bouté, Vanina 79

Part II Spatial configurations and appropriation of the social landscape in multi-ethnic contexts 101

5 A sense of place: the spatial referent in the definition of identities and territories in the Dulong Valley (north-west Yunnan - China) / Stéphane Gros Gros, Stéphane 103

6 Territorial construction and ethnic relations in the context of collectivisation: a case study from a mountain area in northern Vietnam / Marie Mellac Mellac, Marie 123

Part III Presence and use of the Other in religious rituals 141

7 Orthodox Russians, Siberian shamanists and a bear: how do you take an oath in Siberia? / Jean-Luc Lambert Lambert, Jean-Luc 143

8 The illness is the other people: cross-representations and ritual management of alterity and illness among the Kulung (Nepal) / Grégoire Schlemmer Schlemmer, Grégoire 154

9 Presence and use of the Burmese legend heritage in the dynamic of inter-ethnic supremacy and trans-ethnic partnership (South Shan State) / François Robinne Robinne, François 167

Part IV Analyse a-contrario 183

10 Ethnic isolationism in the China-South-East Asia borderlands / Nicholas Tapp Tapp, Nicholas 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780415559362

0415559367

OCLC:

436264217