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The Ethnography of Vietnam's Central Highlanders

A Historical Contextualization 1850-1990

Oscar Salemink author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:12th Dec '02

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This book looks at ethnographic discourses concerning the indigenous population of Vietnam's Central Highlands during periods of christianization, colonization, war and socialist transformation, and analyses these in their relation to tribal, ethnic, territorial, governmental and gendered discourses. Salemink's book is a timely contribution to anthropological knowledge, as the ethnic minorities in Vietnam have (again) been the object of fierce academic debate. This is a historically grounded post-colonial critique relevant to theories of ethnicity and the history of anthropology, and will be of interest to graduate students of anthropology and cultural studies, as well as Vietnam studies.

'Salemink provides abundant evidence to enable one to come to such a critical conclusion.' -Jan J. DeWolf, Utrecht University, the Netherlands

ISBN: 9780700715701

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 453g

412 pages