Post-war Laos : the politics of culture, history, and identity

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vatthana Pholsena.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Pasir Panjang, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2006.
Subjects:
Table of 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