Remaining Karen : a study of cultural reproduction and the maintenance of identity /

"This publication of Remaining Karen is intended as a tribute to Ananda Raja and his consummate skills as an ethnographer. It is also a tribute to his long-term engagement in the study of the Karen. Remaining Karen was Ananda Raja's first focused study of the Sgaw Karen of Palokhi in north...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Rajah, Ananda
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press, 2008.
Subjects:	Sgaw Karen (Southeast Asian people) > Ethnic identity. Ethnology > Thailand > Chiang Mai (Province) SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General. Sgaw Karen (Southeast Asian people) - Ethnic identity. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Settlement History, Headmanship, and the Lord of the Water, Lord of the Land
Kinship, Marriage, and Domestic Social Organisation
Village Organisation and the Sociology of Production and Consumption
The Economy of Palokhi: Subsistence in a Regional Context
Agricultural Rituals: The Ceremonial Cycle in Palokhi
Conclusion: Cultural Reproduction and the Maintenance of Identity
Appendixes. The 'Au' Ma Xae Ritual
Labour Expended on Agricultural Activities and Co--Operative Labour Exchanges in Palokhi (21 January 1981
31 December 1981)
A Note on Work and Wage Work in Palokhi
Swidden Cultivation in Palokhi
Crops Grown in Palokhi Swiddens
Wet-Rice Cultivation in Palokhi
The Agistment of Buffaloes and Cattle in Palokhi
Examples of Household Budgets in Palokhi
The Origin of the Karen: An "Official" History.