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Gender symbolism and culture change: viewing the virtuous woman in the Khmer story 'Mea Yoeng'
Cambodian culture since 1975 : homeland and exile • Ithaca • Published In 1994 • Pages: 31
By: Ledgerwood, Judy, Ebihara, May, Mortland, Carol A. (Carol Anne).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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 different purposes in completely new situations by providing innovative solutions under the rubric of "tradition."
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Verbal arts
- Mythology
- Gender status
- Cultural participation
- Nuptials
- External relations
- Gender roles and issues
- Social personality
- Education system
- Research and development
- Family relationships
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Cambodians
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1990-1994
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1950-1994
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Cambodia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Judy Ledgerwood
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-185)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 93043741
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Khmers