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Description

1. xv, 154 pages : maps; 26 cm.

Summary

1. "Slow Anthropology considers the history of the Iu Mien, an upland Laotian minority caught in the disruptions of the Vietnam-American War. This study challenges the academic theory that groups living in the hinterlands of Southeast Asia have traditionally fled to the hills, seeking isolated independence and safety. As part of his challenge, Jonsson highlights the legacies of negotiating difference that have guided the Iu Mien in interactions with their neighbors. Jonsson engages with southern China and Southeast Asia in premodern times, relays individual reports from the war in Laos, describes contemporary village festivals in Thailand, and explores community and identity among Southeast Asian immigrants in the United States. His study questions Western academic narratives that oversimplify Asia's minorities and acknowledges the ways in which these highland groups have adapted to change"--Page [4] of cover.

Series statement

1. Studies on Southeast Asia Series ; no. 64

Uniform title

1. Studies on Southeast Asia ; no. 64.

Subject

1. Yao (Southeast Asian people) > Thailand, Northern > Ethnic identity
2. Kulturanthropologie
3. Politische Anthropologie
4. Theoriendynamik
5. Wissenschaftsethik
6. Repräsentation Soziologie
7. Ethnizität
8. Gruppenidentität
9. Minderheitenpolitik
10. Bergbewohner
11. Yao Südostasien
12. Minoriteter
13. Northern Thailand
14. Laos
15. Thailand
16. USA
17. Asien
18. Laos

Contents

1. Ch. One Asian Ethnic Frontiers -- ch. Two Iu Mien and the War in Laos -- ch. Three Thailand with the Mien -- ch. Four Finding Home in the United States.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.