1st Edition
History, Memory, and Territorial Cults in the Highlands of Laos The Past Inside the Present
By Pierre Petit
Copyright 2020
232 Pages
79 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
232 Pages
79 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
232 Pages
79 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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. By taking seriously the experiences of the villagers, it partakes in a broader movement to reintegrate highlanders and their agency into history at large. Based on comprehensive fieldwork research and the examination... Read more
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
Biography
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.
