Lak Chang : a reconstruction of Tai identity in Daikong / by Yos Santasombat ; edited by Andrew Walker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yot Santasombat.

Contributor:

Walker, Andrew, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tai (Southeast Asian people)--China--Yunnan Sheng.

Tai (Southeast Asian people).

Anthropology--China.

Anthropology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (197 p.)

Place of Publication:

Canberra : Pandanus Books, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Translation of of Professor Yos Santasombat's fascinating ethnography of the Tai in Daikong, southwestern China.

Contents:

Contents; Contents; Preface; Preface; Acknowledgements; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Introduction; Historical Studies of the Tai Yai: A Brief Sketch; The Ethnography of Tai Yai in Yunnan; Ethnic Identity and the Construction of an Imagined Tai Community; Scope and Purpose of this Study; Chapter One: The Setting; Chapter One: The Setting; Daikong and the Chinese Revolution; Land Reform; Tai Peasants and Cooperative Farming; The Commune; Daikong and the Cultural Revolution; Lak Chang Today; Chapter Two: Agricultural and Economic Patterns; Yearly Agricultural Cycle

Chapter Two: Agricultural and Economic PatternsLand Tenure; Cooperative Work Groups; Animal Raising; Non-Agricultural Production; Household Income and Expenditure; Chapter Three: Kinship and Marriage in Daikong; The Family and the Village Community; Chapter Three: Kinship and Marriage in Daikong; Family Relations; Choice of a Marriage Partner; The Wedding in Lak Chang; Sex and Marriage; Family and the Life Cycle; Chapter Four: Political and Social Organisa

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliography: p. 167-177 and index.

ISBN:

1-74076-081-6

OCLC:

475880380