Feasting and Social Oscillation: A Working Paper on Religion and Society in Upland Southeast Asia
This work argues that anthropologists have observed and recorded religious rites and rituals but have largely ignored the role of religion when constructing an analytical framework. The author contends that religious phenomena are inextricably intertwined with issues of power, politics, and economics among the upland groups (such as the Kachin) of Southeast Asia.

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Feasting and Social Oscillation: A Working Paper on Religion and Society in Upland Southeast Asia
This work argues that anthropologists have observed and recorded religious rites and rituals but have largely ignored the role of religion when constructing an analytical framework. The author contends that religious phenomena are inextricably intertwined with issues of power, politics, and economics among the upland groups (such as the Kachin) of Southeast Asia.

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Feasting and Social Oscillation: A Working Paper on Religion and Society in Upland Southeast Asia

Feasting and Social Oscillation: A Working Paper on Religion and Society in Upland Southeast Asia

by A. Thomas Kirsch
Feasting and Social Oscillation: A Working Paper on Religion and Society in Upland Southeast Asia

Feasting and Social Oscillation: A Working Paper on Religion and Society in Upland Southeast Asia

by A. Thomas Kirsch

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This work argues that anthropologists have observed and recorded religious rites and rituals but have largely ignored the role of religion when constructing an analytical framework. The author contends that religious phenomena are inextricably intertwined with issues of power, politics, and economics among the upland groups (such as the Kachin) of Southeast Asia.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780877270928
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 01/01/1973
Series: Southeast Asia Program. Cornell Universi
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 67
Product dimensions: 8.30(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range: 18 Years
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