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Slow anthropology : negotiating difference with the Iu Mien
- Title
- Slow anthropology : negotiating difference with the Iu Mien / Hjorleifur Jonsson.
- Author
- Hjorleifur Jonsson
- Publication
- Ithaca, NY : Cornell Southeast Asia Program Publications, 2014.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | DS523.4.Y36 J65 2014 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xv, 154 pages : maps; 26 cm.
- Summary
- "Slow Anthropology considers the history of the Iu Mien, an upland Laotian minority caught in the disruptions of the Vietnam-American War. This study challenges the academic theory that groups living in the hinterlands of Southeast Asia have traditionally fled to the hills, seeking isolated independence and safety. As part of his challenge, Jonsson highlights the legacies of negotiating difference that have guided the Iu Mien in interactions with their neighbors. Jonsson engages with southern China and Southeast Asia in premodern times, relays individual reports from the war in Laos, describes contemporary village festivals in Thailand, and explores community and identity among Southeast Asian immigrants in the United States. His study questions Western academic narratives that oversimplify Asia's minorities and acknowledges the ways in which these highland groups have adapted to change"--Page [4] of cover.
- Series Statement
- Studies on Southeast Asia Series ; no. 64
- Uniform Title
- Studies on Southeast Asia ; no. 64.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Ch. One Asian Ethnic Frontiers -- ch. Two Iu Mien and the War in Laos -- ch. Three Thailand with the Mien -- ch. Four Finding Home in the United States.
- ISBN
- 9780877277941
- 087727794X
- 9780877277644
- 0877277648
- LCCN
- 2015430240
- OCLC
- ocn879583404
- 879583404
- SCSB-14430301
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library