The peoples of Southeast Asia today : ethnography, ethnology, and change in a complex region /
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| Author / Creator: | Winzeler, Robert L. |
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| Imprint: | Lanham, Md. : AltaMira Press, c2011. |
| Description: | xv, 319 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8350796 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Maps and Photos
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- Mainland and Insular Southeast Asia and other Contrasts
- Resources for the Study of Southeast Asian Peoples
- Ethnography and Ethnology
- 2. Prehistory and Languages
- The Negrito Issue
- Transition to Farming and the Spread of Languages
- Cultivation and the Origin and Dispersal of Language Groups
- Southeast Asia at the Beginning of the Common Era
- 3. Early States, Civilization, and Colonialism
- Indic Civilization in Southeast Asia
- Early States
- Colonialism
- The Nature of Colonialism
- Characteristics of Colonial Rule
- The End of Colonial Rule
- 4. Ethnic Complexity in Modern Southeast Asia
- Plural Society
- Plural Society in Malaysia
- Indians
- Chinese
- 5. Hunter-Gatherers, Real and Imagined
- An Overview
- Questions and Controversies About Southeast Asian Hunter-Gatherers
- Hunter-Gatherers as Objects of Interest, Controversy, and Concern
- Southeast Asian Hunter-Gatherers Today
- 6. Swidden Farmers
- Rice
- Tribal Farmers
- 7. Peasant Farmers and Their Transformations
- Development of Rice Cultivation in a Thai Village
- Changes in Peasant Farming across Southeast Asia
- Agrarian Developments in Nonsocialist and Socialist Countries
- 8. Indigenous Religion
- Animism
- Malevolent Spirits and Bad Death
- Two-Stage Mortuary Practices
- Spirit Possession, Spirit Mediums, and Shamanism
- Sorcery and Witchcraft
- 9. Religion, Society, and the State
- World Religions and Their Characteristics in Southeast Asia
- Anthropological Study of World Religions
- Disputes and Disagreements about Islam and Buddhism
- Religion and the State
- 10. Religious Conversion on the Ethnic Margins
- The Extent of Conversion
- Colonialism and Other Interpretations of Conversion
- Conversion, Ethnicity, and Development
- Consequences of Conversion
- Conversion and Marginalization
- 11. Tourism and Local Peoples
- The Impact of Tourism on Local Peoples
- Bali
- Longhouse Tourism in Sarawak, Malaysia
- Ethnic Tourism in Northern Mainland Southeast Asia
- 12. Development for Better or Worse
- Development and Making People Visible
- Development and Classification
- Development and Poverty
- Resettlement
- Land Enclosures and the Assault on Swidden Cultivation
- Development and Houses
- Development and Mobility
- Notes
- References and Suggested Reading
- Index
- About the Author
