Orientalism, commensurability, and the construction of identity: A comment on the notion of Lao identity
The author argues that Lao ethnic and national identity is historically constituted of the merging of legendary, historical, political and, indeed, scholarly discourses. It is, in other words, a "construction" and he seeks to examine some of the sociological and anthropological issues, con...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institution
1990
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| In: |
Sojourn
Year: 1990, Volume: 5, Issue: 2, Pages: 308-333 |
| Further subjects: | B
Ethnicity
B Religious practice B Buddhism B Lao B Cultural identity B Identity B History B National consciousness B Laos |
| Summary: | The author argues that Lao ethnic and national identity is historically constituted of the merging of legendary, historical, political and, indeed, scholarly discourses. It is, in other words, a "construction" and he seeks to examine some of the sociological and anthropological issues, conceptual and methodological, relevant to the construction of Lao identity. (DÜI-Sen) |
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| ISSN: | 0217-9520 |
| Contains: | In: Sojourn
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