Living at the Edge of Thai Society: The Karen in the Highlands of Northern ThailandRoutledge, 1 mars 2004 - 264 pages The Karen are one of the major ethnic minority groups in the Himalayan highlands, living predominantly in the border area between Thailand and Burma. As the largest ethnic minority in Thailand, they have often been in conflict with the Thai majority. This book is the first major ethnographic and anthropological study of the Karen for over a decade and looks at such key issues as history, ethnic identity, religious change, the impact of government intervention, education land management and gender relations. |
Table des matières
Introduction | |
Karen | |
Strengthening persistence to empower resistance | |
Introduction | |
Changing moral discourse and self | |
The use of traditional verses hta | |
Introduction | |
The politics of Karenness in Thailand | |
References | |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Living at the Edge of Thai Society: The Karen in the Highlands of Northern ... Claudio O. Delang Aucun aperçu disponible - 2003 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
agricultural animist Ban Huai Hoi Bangkok Post border bride Buergin Burma Burmese cash crops cent century ceremony changes chao khao chapter Chiang Mai Province Chiang Mai University conflicts conservation context culture deforestation discourse economic elders environmental ethnic minority farmers fieldwork Forestry funerals girls groom groups grow highlands hill tribes Hmong households identity indigenous Karen communities Karen in Thung Karen teenagers Karen villages Karen women Karennic-speaking Kariang Keyes Kha Pu village khon Kree Kree Say area land living lowland Bo Kaeo Mae Kha Pu Mae Wang male many-strandedness marriage married missionaries modern Muang Naresuan naù NGOs non-Karen Northern Thai Northern Thailand political population Pwo Karen relations relationship resettlement rice ritual Sgaw Karen shifting cultivation Siam singing social songs Southeast Asia spirits subsistence swidden Tambon Thai society Thung Yai Thung Yai Naresuan traditional upland verses watershed wedding woman young