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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821988003321

Autore

Yot Santasombat

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Canberra, : Pandanus Books, 2001

ISBN

1-74076-081-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (197 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WalkerAndrew <1961->

Disciplina

306/.089959105135

Soggetti

Tai (Southeast Asian people) - China - Yunnan Sheng

Anthropology - China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography: p. 167-177 and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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