essay
A tale of two temples: communities and their wats
Anthropology and community in Cambodia : reflections on the work of May Ebihara, edited John A Marston • (70) • Published In 2011 • Pages: 105-130
By: Ledgerwood, Judy, Marston, John A. (John Amos), Ebihara, May.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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 this should not imply a one-to-one correspondence btween village and temple community. The discussion draws on ethnographic and historical information from two residence-based and temple-based communities.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Congregations
- Community structure
- Cultural identity and pride
- Spirits and gods
- Inter-community relations
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Aftermath of combat
- Research and development
- Sacred objects and places
- Religious intolerance and martyrs
- Political parties
- Cult of the dead
- History
- 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
- 2002-2003
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1950-2003
- 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
- for bibliographical references see document 190
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2011456046
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Khmers