The Impossibility of Self : An Essay on the Hmong Diaspora

ISBN-13: 9783643102584 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 320 str.

Nicholas Tapp

Opis

This is a work of ethnographic reflection on Hmong society, history, and culture, dealing with questions of the self and the notion that a romantic self inspired the ethos of hedonism associated with the consumer economy. A Hmong identity is shown to have been historically constructed through the works of colonial missionaries, linguists, and anthropologists. Yet Hmong voices have also been powerful in this process. Based on recent fieldwork in Asia and overseas, the Hmong diaspora is examined.

O autorze

Nicholas Tapp is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology, The Australian National University. Previously he lectured at Edinburgh University and at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has conducted extensive fieldwork with the Hmong of China, Southeast Asia, and overseas.