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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453887303321

Titolo

Social dynamics in the highlands of Southeast Asia [[electronic resource] ] : reconsidering Political systems of Highland Burma by E.R. Leach / / edited by François Robinne and Mandy Sadan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, The Netherlands, : Brill, 2007

ISBN

1-281-92146-7

9786611921460

90-474-2062-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (383 p.)

Collana

Handbook of oriental studies. Section three, Southeast Asia, , 0169-9571 ; ; v. 18 = Handbuch der Orientalistik

Altri autori (Persone)

RobinneFrançois

SadanMandy

Disciplina

305.895

Soggetti

Kachin (Asian people) - Social life and customs

Kachin (Asian people) - Politics and government

Ahoms (Indic people) - Social life and customs

Social structure - Burma

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary material / F. Robinne and M. Sadan -- 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 -- 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



-- 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 / F. Robinne and M. Sadan -- Index / F. Robinne and M. Sadan.

Sommario/riassunto

This reappraisal of Political Systems of Highland Burma , the seminal work by E.R. Leach, presents much new material on the highlands of Southeast Asia and its borders from writers with long-term research experience in these areas. The Introduction establishes in detail both the theoretical and regional ethnographic significance of Leach’s work and the chapters to follow. Part One discusses issues relating to Leach’s fieldwork, including the background to his research and issues arising from his fieldwork practice. Part Two presents a variety of engagements with Leach’s theoretical approach, particularly his ideas of socio-political oscillation. This theory is considered in relation to the historical experience of culture contact in Assam and Laos, particularly between Tai and non-Tai groups. Part Three considers once more Leach’s ideas with respect to communities that are, or could be considered, Kachin sub-groups in Burma, Tibet and Yunnan, this time focusing on interpretations of exchange and the notion of ritual language. A discussion of approaches towards the study of transethnicity concludes the work. The book is a significant contribution to the development of a new regional anthropology of Southeast Asia, incorporating material from areas that were, until recently, closed to researchers.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780980903321

Autore

Kitch Carolyn L

Titolo

The girl on the magazine cover [[electronic resource] ] : the origins of visual stereotypes in American mass media / / Carolyn Kitch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2001

ISBN

0-8078-9895-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 p.)

Disciplina

302.23/082/0973

302.230820973

302.2320973

Soggetti

Women in mass media - History

Mass media - United States - History

Visual communication - United States - History

Advertising - United States - History

Mass media and culture - United States - History

Stereotypes (Social psychology) - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-238) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. From True Woman to New Woman; Chapter 2. The American Girl; Chapter 3. Dangerous Women and the Crisis of Masculinity; Chapter 4. Alternative Visions; Chapter 5. Patriotic Images; Chapter 6. The Flapper; Chapter 7. The Modern American Family; Chapter 8. The Advertising Connection; Epilogue and Discussion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Girl on the Magazine Cover: The Origins of  Visual Stereotypes in American Mass Media