Lak Chang : a Reconstruction Of Tai Identity In Daikong.

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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Santasombat, Yos
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Canberra : Pandanus Books, 2001.
Subjects:	Tai (Southeast Asian people) > China > Yunnan Sheng. Anthropology > China. Anthropology Tai (Southeast Asian people) China China > Yunnan Sheng
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Table of 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.

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