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- Svay: A Khmer Village in Cambodia
- Book
- 2018
- Published by: Cornell University Press
summary
May Mayko Ebihara (1934–2005) was the first American anthropologist to conduct ethnographic research in Cambodia. Svay provides a remarkably detailed picture of individual villagers and of Khmer social structure and kinship, agriculture, politics, and religion. The world Ebihara described would soon be shattered by Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge. Fifty percent of the villagers perished in the reign of terror, including those who had been Ebihara's adoptive parents and grandparents during her fieldwork. Never before published as a book, Ebihara’s dissertation served as the foundation for much of our subsequent understanding of Cambodian history, society, and politics.
Table of Contents
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- List of Illustrations
- pp. vii-viii
- Introduction
- pp. xi-xxxiv
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 3-4
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- pp. 5-12
- Chapter 2. Cambodia as a Whole
- pp. 13-36
- Chapter 4. Economic Organization
- pp. 95-152
- Chapter 5. Religion
- pp. 153-182
- Chapter 6. The Life Cycle
- pp. 183-208
- Chapter 7. Political Organization
- pp. 209-224
- Chapter 9. Conclusion
- pp. 239-258
- Appendix B: Circumstances of the Research
- pp. 261-264
- Appendix E: Kinship Terminology
- pp. 271-282
- Appendix F: Cultivated Flora in West Svay
- pp. 283-284
- Appendix I: The Annual Cycle
- pp. 289-290
- References
- pp. 291-304
Additional Information
ISBN
9781501714801
Related ISBN(s)
9781501714719, 9781501715112, 9781501715129
MARC Record
OCLC
1004376656
Pages
364
Launched on MUSE
2018-01-18
Language
English
Open Access
No