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The Lisu : far from the ruler
- Title
- The Lisu : far from the ruler / Michele Zack.
- Author
- Zack, Michele
- Publication
- Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2017]
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Details
- Description
- xx, 349 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 24 cm
- Summary
- "Descriptive accounts of Lisu individuals, communities, regions, and practices brings the Lisu and their distinct, ironic worldview to life. A view of humanity's transition from border-free tribal groupings into today's nation-states and global market economy"--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Lisu world -- Mythic origins -- History and origin theories -- Modern times (opium/heroin sidebar somewhere in here) -- Migration -- Identity and flux -- View from the village. The village ; a temporary encampment. The village ; social organization and symbolic significance. The village ; dispute solving -- Being a Lisu. -- Childhood ; learning by doing (childhood, girls, boys) -- Men, women, courtship and marriage. New year celebrations: setting the stage for romance. Gender roles, courtship, and sexuality. Negotiating bride wealth. -- Household: the place for family and work. Dualism in division of labor. Food, feasts, and liquor. clothes. Home/field/jungle connection -- Cosmic views. Spiritual and physical worlds converge. Lisu curing and dealing with spirits on a daily basis. Impact of Christianity. . . just one more influence? -- Economy. economic activities in the forest. sweat: the Lisu capital. Lisu women ; economic partners. The lure of the land. Book II. Lisu by country, sketches of Thailand, Myanmar, and China -- Comparing national scenes: full of opportunities to be wrong -- Thailand -- Burma/Myanmar -- China. Conclusions, and notes on where Lisu might go from here.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-1527
- ISBN
- 9781607326038
- 1607326035
- LCCN
- 2017021816
- OCLC
- 987437428
- Author
- Zack, Michele, author.
- Title
- The Lisu : far from the ruler / Michele Zack.
- Publisher
- Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2017]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-1527