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 Social Dynamics in the Highlands of Southeast Asia: Reconsidering Political Systems of Highland Burma by E.R. Leach

Contents

• • Preliminary material (i-lii)   (370K)
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    • Contents
    • Preface By François Robinne And Mandy Sadan
    • List Of Contributors
    • Introduction: Notes On Edmund Leach'S Analysis Of Kachin Society And Its Further Applications By F. K. L. Chit Hlaing (F. K. Lehman)
  • The biographical origins of political systems of Highland Burma (1-30) by Robert Anderson   (178K)
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    • Leach’S Experience Before Burma
    • Engineer-In-Business In China
    • In Malinowski’S Charmed Circle, London
    • Interlude In Iraq
    • A Doctoral Student Goes To Burma
    • Leach In Pre-Combat Mode
    • A Dramatic Change In Plans
    • Leach’S Writing During The War
    • Doctoral Student, Home For A While
    • Dr. Leach Changes Plans At Lse As Burma Changes
    • After The 1954 Publication Of Political Systems
  • On the continuing relevance of E. R. Leach's political systems of Highland Burma to Kachin studies (31-66) by Maran La Raw   (198K)
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    • Introduction
    • Part I: Additional Information From Research After Publication Of Political Systems, 1954
    • Part II: Contested Aspects Of Political Systems
    • Part III: Implications And Larger Issues
  • Translating Gumlau: History, the 'Kachin' and Edmund Leach (67-88) by Mandy Sadan   (149K)
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    • Edmund Leach, Burma And British Social Anthropology
    • Leach, Socio-Political Oscillation And History
    • Conceptual And Verbal Categories Gumsa And Gumlau
    • Couplet Phrases And The Modality Of Historical Discourse
    • Conclusion
  • Politico-ritual variations on the Assamese Fringes: Do social systems exist? (89-108) by Philippe Ramirez   (131K)
  • Naga ethnography and Leach's oscillatory model of Gumsa and Gumlao (109-126) by Pascal Bouchery   (130K)
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    • Naga Political Systems—An Overview
    • Gumsa Or Gumlao?
    • Conclusion
  • Interethnic systems and localized identities: The Khmu subgroups (Tmoy) in north-west Laos (127-160) by Olivier Evrard   (480K)
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    • Note
    • Introduction
    • External Mechanisms Of Social Change In The Nam Tha Valley: A Brief Overview
    • Leach’S Framework And Its Adjustment To The Local Interethnic Context
    • The Khmu Subgroups, Tmoy, In The Nam Tha Valley: Debates And Facts
    • The Tmoy As An Imprint Of The Tai Political System
    • The Tmoy As An Identity Continuum
    • Tmoy And Hierarchies: Geographical And Political Variations
    • The Topicality Of The Tmoy: The War, The State And Rural Development Policy In Laos
    • Conclusion
  • From Kettledrums to coins: Social transformation and the flow of valuables in northern Laos (161-186) by Guido Sprenger   (157K)
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    • Wealth From The Lowlands
    • Bronze Drums In The 1930s
    • Multiple Currencies In Rituals Today
    • Piasters, Personhood And Social Organization
    • From Kettledrums To Coins
    • Conclusion: The Regional Context
  • Political hierarchical processes among some highlanders of Laos (187-208) by Vanina Bouté   (141K)
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    • Phunoy History: The Integration Of Highlanders Into The Lao Kingdom
    • The Economic Data
    • The Foundation Accounts: The Absence Or Recurrence Of The Phenomena Of Village Secession
    • Accounts Of Foundation On The Left Bank: The Pre-Eminence Of The Chief And The Equality Of The Clans
    • Scattering, Institution Of Clan Hierarchies And Pressure Upon The Land
    • Fixation In Territory Delineated By The “Books Of The Land”
    • The Impact Of The Colonial Power
  • Rethinking Kachin wealth ownership (209-256) by Ho Ts'Ui-P'Ing   (251K)
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    • Leach’S Oscillation Model And Its Critics
    • Money And Culture
    • Personal Adornment In James Henry Green’S Photographs
    • Muiho Mulat Goes To Market
    • Early Era Prc Social Surveys
    • Wealth In Upper Burma
    • Wealth In Yunnan And Its Display
    • Conclusion
  • The missing share: The ritual language of sharing as a 'total social fact' in the eastern Himalayas (Northwest Yunnan, China) (257-282) by Stéphane Gros   (243K)
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    • The Notion Of “Ritual Language”
    • Ritual And Communication
    • Ritual, Identity And Ambiguity
    • Debt And Hierarchy
    • Ritual And Power
    • The Missing Share
    • Conclusion
  • Transethnic social space of clans and lineages: A discussion of Leach's concept of common ritual language (283-298) by François Robinne   (117K)
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    • Primacy Of Clans And Lineages Over Ethnic Categories
    • Ethnic And Clanic Categories: Error And Confusion
    • Homonymous Clans Among The Kachin Subgroups
    • Common Clans With Different Names
    • The Lisu Case
    • Chinese And Other Cases Of Clanic Correspondence
    • The Transethnic Terminology Of The System
    • Possible Conclusions And Examples To The Contrary
  • Postscript: Reconsidering the dynamics of ethnicity through Foucault's concept of 'spaces of dispersion' (299-308) by François Robinne and Mandy Sadan   (180K)
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    • Introduction: Ethnic Categories Within Transethnic Spaces
    • Juxtaposition And Superposition: The Limits Of The Cartographic Exercise
    • What Kind Of Social Continuity Is Attached To A Linguistic Category?
  • Bibliography (309-324)   (188K)
  • Index (325-331)   (78K)