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Subject: Lao studies
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Living Kinship, Fearing Spirits: Sociality among the Khmu of Northern Laos
E-book
by Rosalie Stolz How can we conceive of kinship and sociality in the rapidly transforming uplands of mainland Southeast Asia? How to bridge the divide between classical ethnography and modern approaches to kinship studies? Using her rich findings from extensive fieldwork among the Khmu of northern Laos, the author offers a fresh perspective on kinship […]
Anthropology. Ethnography, Culture, Ethnography, Folklore, Folklore studies, Heritage, Kinship, Lao studies
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Childbirth and Tradition in Northeast Thailand: Forty Years of Development and Cultural Change
E-book
Anders Poulsen 2006 This beautifully illustrated volume offers a rare study of Isan-Thai customs and belief associated with pregnancy and birth and how they have changed over almost half a century. Using a psychological and socio-therapeutic framework, Anders Poulsen discusses the function of various birth rites while giving an unmatched description of all traditions specifically […]
Childbirth and motherhood, Cultural studies, Development studies, Folklore studies, Lao studies, Religion, Thai studies
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