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Post-war Laos : the politics of culture, history, and identity / Vatthana Pholsena.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Singapore : ISEAS Publications ; Copenhagen : NIAS Press ; Chiang Mai : Silkworm books, 2006.Description: xii, 255 pages : map ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9812303553 (pbk)
  • 9812303561 (hbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 959.404 2 VAT
Contents:
1. Post-war Laos : an introduction -- 2. The awakening of ethnic identity in colonial Laos? -- 3. Cultural order and discipline : the politics of national culture -- 4. The origins of the Lao people : in search of an autonomous history -- 5. An "heroic village" -- 6. Ethnic classification and mapping nationhood -- 7. From inclusion to re-marginalization -- 8. Conclusion

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-247) and index.

1. Post-war Laos : an introduction -- 2. The awakening of ethnic identity in colonial Laos? -- 3. Cultural order and discipline : the politics of national culture -- 4. The origins of the Lao people : in search of an autonomous history -- 5. An "heroic village" -- 6. Ethnic classification and mapping nationhood -- 7. From inclusion to re-marginalization -- 8. Conclusion

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