Society and culture in mainland South East Asia
Proposed to be offered next in 1996
8 points * 2 hours per week * First semester * Clayton
An examination of some of the major anthropological work on South East Asia and an assessment of the central problems of anthropological analysis of the region, including the challenges posed to the anthropological project by indigenous culture and intellectual traditions.
Assessment
Exercise (2000 words): 40% * Exercise (4000 words): 60%
Recommended texts
Kahn J S and Loh F (eds) Fragmented vision: Culture and politics in contemporary Malaysia Allen and Unwin, 1992
Keyes C F Thailand: Buddhist Kingdom as modern nation state 1987
Vickers A Bali: Paradise created Penguin, 1989