Stories from an ancient land : perspectives on Wa history and culture

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    • Fiskesjö, Magnus

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Stories from an ancient land : perspectives on Wa history and culture

Magnus Fiskesjö

(Asian anthropologies, 12)

Berghahn Books, 2021

タイトル別名

Perspectives on Wa history and culture

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-308) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

The Wa people have a rich civilization of their own, and a deep history in the mountains of Southeast Asia. Their mythology suggests their land is the first place inhabited by humans, which they care for on behalf of the world. This book introduces aspects of Wa culture, including their approach to the world's troubles and the lessons others might learn from it. It also presents a new interpretation of Wa headhunting, questioning explanations that see it as a primitive custom, and instead placing it within the fraught history of the last few centuries.

目次

List of Figures Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Sources, History, Issues Chapter 1. Gifts and Debts: Fieldwork in the Wa Lands Chapter 2. Naming Oneself, Naming the World Chapter 3. Rice Beer and the Making of Wa Sociality Chapter 4. Mining, Hierarchy, and the Anti-State Wa Chapter 5. Slavery as a Threat to the Ideology of Kinship Chapter 6. War, Headhunting, and the Erasure of Wa History Chapter 7. Barbarian Ruse: Playing With the Fears of the Civilized Chapter 8. Disease and Death in the Peripheral Situation Chapter 9. Hope Against Hope: Border Prophets and Foreign Saviors Chapter 10. The Power of the Exotic: Negotiating the Future Epilogue References Index

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