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

• Autore: Yot Santasombat
• Pubblicazione: Canberra, : Pandanus Books, 2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (197 p.)
• Disciplina: 306/.089959105135
• Soggetto topico: Tai (Southeast Asian people) - China - Yunnan Sheng; Anthropology - China
• Altri autori: WalkerAndrew <1961->
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Lak Chang
• ISBN: 1-74076-081-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821988003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II