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1 online resource |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
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 -- 1. The Setting. Daikong and the Chinese Revolution -- Land Reform -- Tai Peasants and Cooperative Farming -- The Commune -- Daikong and the Cultural Revolution -- Lak Chang Today -- 2. Agricultural and Economic Patterns -- Yearly Agricultural Cycle -- Land Tenure -- Cooperative Work Groups -- Animal Raising -- Non-Agricultural Production -- Household Income and Expenditure -- 3. Kinship and Marriage in Daikong. The Family and the Village Community -- Family Relations -- Choice of a Marriage Partner -- The Wedding in Lak Chang -- Sex and Marriage -- Family and the Life Cycle -- 4. Political and Social Organisations. The Chaopha -- Council of Ministers -- Poo Heng and Poo Kay -- Social Classes -- Social Groups and Organisations -- Political Organisations and Social Changes -- 5. Religious Beliefs and Rituals. Buddhism and Animism in Daily Life -- Beliefs and Rituals in Tai Society -- Annual Rituals and Celebrations in Daikong -- Death and Life-Cycle Rituals -- Life Crisis Rituals -- Beliefs, Rituals and Social Change -- 6. Gender Roles and Gender Relations. Gender Roles in Tai Culture -- The Concept of Male Supremacy -- Gender Roles and Social Expectation -- Gender Roles in Changing Times -- 7. Continuity and Reconstruction of Tai Ethnic Identity. Symbolic Resistance and Reconstruction of Ethnic Identity -- Rice: Symbolic Resistance against Cultural Supremacy -- Poi Festivals, Buddhism and Tai Community -- Marriage, Farmland and the Reproduction of an Imagined Community. |
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Tai (Southeast Asian people) -- China -- Yunnan Sheng.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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Tai (Southeast Asian people) (OCoLC)fst01142018
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China -- Yunnan Sheng.
(OCoLC)fst01213585
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| Added Author |
Australian National University. Thai-Yunnan Project.
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| Added Title |
Reconstruction of Tai identity in Daikong |
| ISBN |
9781921536397 (electronic bk.) |
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192153639X (electronic bk.) |
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9781921536106 (Print version) |
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192153639X |
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