Centers, symbols, and hierarchies : essays on the classical states of Southeast Asia

Author(s)

• Gesick, Lorraine
• Aung-Thwin, Michael
• Joint Committee on Southeast Asia

Bibliographic Information

Centers, symbols, and hierarchies : essays on the classical states of Southeast Asia

edited by Lorraine Gesick ; foreword by Clifford Geertz ; [contributors] Michael Aung-Thwin ... [et al.]

（Monograph series / Yale University Southeast Asia Studies, no. 26）

Yale University Southeast Asia Studies, c1983

Note

Based on papers presented at workshops held Nov. 1977 and Dec. 1978, sponsored by the ACLS/SSRC Joint Committee on Southeast Asia

Includes bibliographical references

Contents of Works

• Introduction / Lorraine Gesick
• Rāja and Rāma / Jan Wisseman Christie
• Divinity, spirit, and human / Michael Aung-Thwin
• The rise and fall of King Taksin / Lorraine Gesick
• Going through the motions / David P. Chandler
• The drama of Bangun Tapa's exile in Ambon / Anthony Day
• The place of regalia in Luwu / Shelly Errington

Details

• NCID: BA01076114
• ISBN:
  • 0938692046
• LCCN: 83019806
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New Haven, Conn.
• Pages/Volumes: x, 241 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • NDC8 : 389.23
  • LCC : JQ96.A91
  • DC19 : 306/.2/0959
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Asia, Southeastern -- Politics and government -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Kings and rulers -- Asia, Southeastern -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Political anthropology -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Symbolism in politics -- Congresses
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA01076191