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The village and its discontents : meaning and criticism in late modernity / editor, Antonio L. Rappa.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Villages.
- Community life.
- Sociology, Rural.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 188 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Jersey : World Scientific, [2016]
- Summary:
- "A hopeful collection of essays about villages in Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America and across the world. The "village" is an idea, a construct, and a way of organising society. Villages constitute the basic unit of analyses in the arts, humanities and the social sciences. For decades, village level studies have been conducted across a wide range of academic disciplines such as archaeology, real-estate management, architecture, computer science, medicine, pharmacy and pharmacology. Through the collection of essays presented, the contributors hope to generate interest in studying villages, to understand the meanings that attach themselves to the concept of the village, and to gain greater theoretical insights into multidisciplinary knowledge and analyses in today's highly developed global society"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Village structure and social organization / Antonio Rappa
- Language as a domain in the village / Lionel Wee
- Singapore's last village : urbanisation and the environment / Caitlin Pan
- The ancient/modern village of Cambodia / Alvin Lim and Widyono
- An African village on the edge of the Boko Haram / Alvin Lim
- Chicken rice village : food, sexuality, and homosexuality in Singapore / Regina Lee
- Urbanisation and rural development in China / by Guan Chong
- The Tai village : the concept of kwampenthai in modern Thai villages / Antonio L. Rappa
- Pepatah Melayu and adat berkampung : values, rights and responsibilities in a kampong as depicted in Malay sayings / Lim Beng Soon.
- Contains:
- Container of: Rappa, Antonio L. Village structure and social organization.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Village and its discontents
- ISBN:
- 9789813140066
- 9813140062
- OCLC:
- 945885125
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