Stories from an ancient land : perspectives on Wa history and culture /: perspectives on Wa history and culture. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Magnus Fiskesjö.
• Authors: Fiskesjö, Magnus
• Contents: List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements Introduction: Sources, History, Issues Chapter 1. Gifts and Debts: Fieldwork in the Wa Lands; Chapter 2. Naming Oneself, Naming the World; Chapter 3. Rice Beer and the Making of Wa Sociality; Chapter 4. Mining, Hierarchy, and the Anti-State Wa; Chapter 5. Slavery as a Threat to the Ideology of Kinship; Chapter 6. War, Headhunting, and the Erasure of Wa History; Chapter 7. Barbarian Ruse: Playing With the Fears of the Civilized; Chapter 8. Disease and Death in the Peripheral Situation; Chapter 9. Hope Against Hope: Border Prophets and Foreign Saviors; Chapter 10. The Power of the Exotic: Negotiating the Future Epilogue References; Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 951.350049593; Wa (Asian people) -- China -- Yunnan Sheng; Wa (Asian people) -- Burma; Yunnan Sheng (China) -- Civilization; Burma -- Civilization
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781789208887
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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