The Ethnography of Vietnam's Central Highlanders

A Historical Contextualization 1850-1990
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-86342-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 412 Seiten, Format (B × H): 233 mm x 156 mm, Gewicht: 680 g

Reihe: Anthropology of Asia

This book looks at ethnographic discourses concerning the indigenous population of Vietnam's Central Highlands during periods of christianization, colonization, war and socialist transformation, and analyses these in their relation to tribal, ethnic, territorial, governmental and gendered discourses. Salemink's book is a timely contribution to anthropological knowledge, as the ethnic minorities in Vietnam have (again) been the object of fierce academic debate. This is a historically grounded post-colonial critique relevant to theories of ethnicity and the history of anthropology, and will be of interest to graduate students of anthropology and cultural studies, as well as Vietnam studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Salemink, Oscar

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Ethnography, Anthropology and Colonial Discourse 2. Missionaries, Explorers and Savages: The Construction of an Evolutionist Discourse 3. Leopold Sabatier: Colonial Administration and Cultural Relativism 5. The Return of the Python God: Multiple Interpretations of a Millenarian Movement 6. War and Ethnography: Territorialization, Ethnicization and Cultural Relativism 7. Romancing the Montagnards: The Role of Anthropology 8. The Dying God Revisited: The King of Fire and Vietnamese Ethnic Policies 9. Conclusion: French, American and Vietnamese Ethnographies in Comparative Perspective Maps and Charts Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Oscar Salemink works for the Ford Foundation in Vietnam. He is also a lecturer in social and cultural anthropology at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam.