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Monastic education, social mobility, and village structure in Cambodia

Changing identities in modern Southeast AsiaThe HaguePublished In 1976 • Pages: 155-169

By: Kalab, Milada, Banks, David J..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
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
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
1966
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1960-1976
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Cambodia
NotesAdditional notes
M. Kalab
Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-169)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
77370481
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Khmers