essay
Monastic education, social mobility, and village structure in Cambodia
Changing identities in modern Southeast Asia • The Hague • Published In 1976 • Pages: 155-169
By: Kalab, Milada, Banks, David J..
Abstract
This document discusses the role of monastic education in the social structure of Cambodian villagers. It argues that the social standing of a person among villagers was greatly shaped by the level of education he obtained in Buddhist monateries. By the 1960s, however, fewer young men showed interest in becoming monks partly for reasons related to the availablity of modern secular education.
- Subjects
- Community structure
- Priesthood
- Prophets and ascetics
- Congregations
- Sacred objects and places
- Public structures
- Social relationships and groups
- Educational theory and methods
- Education system
- Real property
- Land use
- Settlement patterns
- Transportation
- Vehicles
- External relations
- Students
- Elementary education
- Political movements
- Acculturation and culture contact
- culture
- Cambodians
- HRAF PubDate
- 2012
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2012
- Field Date
- 1966
- Coverage Date
- 1960-1976
- Coverage Place
- Cambodia
- Notes
- M. Kalab
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-169)
- LCCN
- 77370481
- LCSH
- Khmers