Living kinship, fearing spirits sociality among the Khmu of northern Laos
How can we conceive of kinship and sociality in the rapidly transforming uplands of mainland Southeast Asia? How to write about kinship in a way that neither falls into the trap of taking for granted kinship phenomena nor ignores the body of knowledge from earlier research? This in-depth study uses...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Copenhagen, Denmark
NIAS Press
2021
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| Schriftenreihe: | Monograph series / Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
no. 153 |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | How can we conceive of kinship and sociality in the rapidly transforming uplands of mainland Southeast Asia? How to write about kinship in a way that neither falls into the trap of taking for granted kinship phenomena nor ignores the body of knowledge from earlier research? This in-depth study uses its rich findings from extensive fieldwork among the Khmu, upland dwellers of northern Laos, to bridge the divide between classical ethnography and modern approaches to kinship studies. Here, the author offers a fresh perspective on kinship by, first of all, stepping backwards and delving into how it is actually lived locally in northern Laos. She highlights that not only the beginning of life but also its ending deserves our attention when considering the relevance of kinship. Indeed, to a considerable extent, living kinship is about death. The context of kinship and sociality among the Khmu is significant here, these being framed by ties of matrilateral cross-cousin marriage and patrilineal descent concepts on which this study casts new light |
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| Beschreibung: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 317-342 |
| Beschreibung: | xii, 349 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten |
| ISBN: | 9788776942984 978-87-7694-298-4 9788776942991 978-87-7694-299-1 |