
Mirroring Power
Ethnogenesis and Integration Among the Phunoy of Northern Laos
Vanina Boute(Author)
Silkworm Books (Publisher)
Published on 1. October 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
296 pages
978-616-215-145-3 (ISBN)
Description
The Phunoy are a Tibeto-Burmese population group in Phongsaly Province that has long been considered acculturated because of its adoption of various features of neighboring Tai societies, particularly Buddhism. This pioneering ethnography examines the Phunoy's supposed acculturation and independent identity, demonstrating how the Phunoy emerged as a group and constructed a "mirroring" relationship with the various Tai and Lao realms dominating the region. As guardians of the borders and allies of the colonial authorities who administered the province, they progressively formed a territory where they established themselves as indispensable intermediaries between state power and the other mountain ethnic groups. The integration of the Phunoy continues within Lao society today and is part of the history of the stabilization of the margins in northern mainland Southeast Asia.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Chiang Mai
Thailand
Publishing group
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
25 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-616-215-145-3 (9786162151453)
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Person
Vanina Boute is associate professor of anthropology at the University of Picardie and a member of the Centre Asie du Sud-Est in Paris.