History, Memory, and Territorial Cults in the Highlands of Laos: The Past Inside the Present

ISBN-13: 9780367211257 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 208 str.

Pierre Petit

Opis

This book captures the dynamics of history, memory, and territorial cults in Houay Yong, a Tai Vat village situated in the multiethnic highland frontier between Laos and Vietnam. Taking seriously the experiences of the villagers, it partakes in a broader movement to reintegrate highlanders and their agency into history at large.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. The setting  3. Traditions on origins  4. From the French colony to the present  5. The ethnography of territorial cults  6. Territorial cults in a regional perspective  7. Conclusion

O autorze

Pierre Petit is Senior Research Fellow at the Belgian Fund for Scientific Research and Professor at Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. His research interests include mobility, ethnicity, and interactions with the state among the Tai Vat of Houaphan.