Social dynamics in the highlands of Southeast Asia : reconsidering Political systems of Highland Burma by E.R. Leach

Online-Ressource (lii, 331 p)

ill., maps

25 cm

Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 3 Southeast Asia Ser. ; v.No. 18

Handbook of oriental studies. Section three, Southeast Asia ; v. 18 = Handbuch der Orientalistik

Includes bibliographical references and index

"This volume originated from a panel ... which was organised for the EUROSEAS Conference, held at the Sorbonne University, Paris, in September 2004" -- Preface

Preface (François Robinne and Mandy Sadan); List of Contributors; Introduction: Notes on Edmund Leach's analysis of Kachin society and its further applications (F. K. L. Chit Hlaing (F. K. Lehman)); Part One Historical Contexts of E. R. Leach's Fieldwork; The biographical origins of Political Systems of Highland Burma (Robert Anderson); On the continuing relevance of E. R. Leach's Political Systems of Highland Burma to Kachin Studies (Maran La Raw); Translating Gumlau: History, the 'Kachin' and Edmund Leach (Mandy Sadan); Part Two Comparative Approaches in Assam and Laos

Politico-ritual variations on the Assamese fringes: Do social systems exist? (Philippe Ramirez)Naga ethnography and Leach's oscillatory model of gumsa and gumlao (Pascal Bouchery); Interethnic systems and localized identities: The Khmu subgroups (tmoy) in North-West Laos (Olivier Evrard); From Kettledrums to Coins: Social transformation and the flow of valuables in Northern Laos (Guido Sprenger); Political hierarchical processes among some highlanders of Laos (Vanina Bouté); Part Three The Kachin Subgroups; Rethinking Kachin wealth ownership (Ho Ts'ui-p'ing)

The Missing Share: The ritual language of sharing as a 'total social fact' in the eastern Himalayas (northwest Yunnan, China) (Stéphane Gros)Transethnic social space of clans and lineages: A discussion of Leach's concept of common ritual language (François Robinne); Postscript: Reconsidering the dynamics of ethnicity through Foucault's concept of 'spaces of dispersion' (François Robinne and Mandy Sadan); Bibliography; Index

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