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Khmer kinshiparticle 1995 • Ledgerwood, Judy
Cambodians • Asia > Southeast Asia
This document argues against early ethnographic claims that Khmer society in the distance past was organized along matrilineal principles. It shows that this claim was the product of evolutionary paradigms that sought to reconstruct the history of Kh...Gender symbolism and culture changeessay 1994 • Ledgerwood, Judy et al.
Cambodians • Asia > Southeast Asia
This document discusses how one Khmer story (a story called "Mea Yoeng") has been used and re-used to illuminate Khmer conception of gender as a system of symbols, social order, and the processes of culture change. It argues that the story to served ...A tale of two templesessay 2011 • Ledgerwood, Judy et al.
Cambodians • Asia > Southeast Asia
This document revisits May Ebihara's earlier argument on links between Cambodian local communities and their wats (or temples). It argues that Ebihara's view of village temples as "a major social center" of village life remains mostly correct but thi...