TY  - CHAP
AU  - Maran, La Raw
PY  - 2007
DA  - 2007//
TI  - On the continuing relevance of E. R. Leach's Political systems of Highland Burma to Kachin studies
BT  - social dynamics in the highlands of southeast asia: reconsidering political systems of highland burma by e.r. leach
T3  - Handbook of oriental studies. , Southeast Asia
SP  - 31
EP  - 66
VL  - vol. 18
PB  - Brill
CY  - Leiden, The Netherlands
KW  - Kachin (Asian people)
KW  - Kachin
KW  - Rawang
KW  - Reviews and critiques
KW  - Cultural identity and pride
KW  - Form and rules of government
KW  - History
KW  - Towns
KW  - Revolution
KW  - Political movements
KW  - External relations
KW  - Warfare
KW  - Social relationships and groups
KW  - Publishing
KW  - Inter-community relations
KW  - Administrative agencies
KW  - Status, role, and prestige
KW  - Territorial hierarchy
KW  - Classes
KW  - Mode of marriage
KW  - Kin relationships
KW  - Lineages
KW  - Cultural participation
KW  - Ingroup antagonisms
KW  - Political parties
KW  - Slavery
AB  - This document, by indigenous Kachin professional anthropologist, discusses the continuing relevance of E. R. Leach's book Political Systems of Highland Burma to Kachin studies. It shows that the book had serious weaknesses and misunderstandings which Kachin scholars tried to correct through publications over the years. The most important of these weaknesses include Leach's conception of the Kachin as passive subjects of history, and inadequate translation of key political terms mostly because of lack of empirical data on the local context and varied meanings people used them.
SN  - 9789004160347
UR  - https://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/document?id=ap06-035
LA  - English
N1  - Maran La Raw
ID  - ap06-035
Y1  - 2022-06-26
ER  -