Victor King

The Modern Anthropology of South-East Asia

An Introduction

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides an overview of the major theoretical issues and themes which have emerged from the engagement of anthropologists with South-East Asian communities.

Produktdetails

• The Modern Anthropology of Southeast Asia
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780415580571
• ISBN-10: 0415580579
• Artikelnr.: 52958253

Autorenporträt

Victor King is Professor of South-East Asian Studies at the University of Leeds, and author of

Inhaltsangabe

1. Southeast Asia: A Field of Anthropological Enquiry? 2. Anthropology and
the Colonial Impact (1900-1950) 3. Anthropology in the Period of
Decolonization (1950-1970): The American Tradition 4. Anthropology in the
Period of Decolonization (1950-1970): The European Tradition 5. Social and
Economic Change: 'Peasants' as Part-Societies 6. Ethnicity, Identity and
Nationalism 7. Religion 8. Ecology and Environmental Change 9. Gender and
the Sexes 10. Urban Ways of Life 11. Summary, Conclusions and Trends