The barefoot anthropologist: the highlands of Champa and Vietnam in the words of Jacques Dournes

French anthropologist Jacques Dournes lived in Vietnam for 25 years, from 1946 to 1970, studying the culture of the Jarai and other highland ethnic groups. He became a renowned ethnographer and the Jarai people became his lifelong passion. In part one of this study, the author explores Dournes'...

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Other Authors: Hardy, Andrew 1966- (Interviewer)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chiang Mai Silkworm Books 2015
Edition:1. publ.
Series:EFEO - Silkworm books series
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:French anthropologist Jacques Dournes lived in Vietnam for 25 years, from 1946 to 1970, studying the culture of the Jarai and other highland ethnic groups. He became a renowned ethnographer and the Jarai people became his lifelong passion. In part one of this study, the author explores Dournes's monograph Pötao : une théorie du pouvoir chez les Indochinois Jörai. In part two, Dournes speaks animatedly with the author about the Jarai, his feelings about culture and economics, his understanding of Vietnam's history, and his personal experience of living in the Central Highlands. The French transcript of the interview is presented in the appendix
Physical Description:XI, 148 S. Ill. cm
ISBN:9786162151040

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