Lak Chang: A Reconstruction Of Tai Identity In Daikong (Modern Approaches)

Annotation English-language version of the author's ethnography of the Tai in Daikong, south-western China. Tells the story of the village of Lak Dang and its inhabitants as they are gradually incorporated into the modern Chinese state. Charts the vigorous, but adaptive, Tai cultural identity, and uses it as a case study for understanding global modernisation. Author is Professor of Anthropology at Chiang Mai University. He has previously written 'Man and Culture' which won the Toyota Thailand Foundation Award for excellence in Social Sciences and Humanities Annotation This is a fascinating ethnography of the Tai in Daikong, southwestern China. It represents a significant contribution to the ethnographic record of the Tai peoples Translation of of Professor Yos Santasombat's fascinating ethnography of the Tai in Daikong, southwestern China