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The limits of 'state functionalism' and the reconstruction of funerary ritual in contemporary northern Vietnam
American ethnologist • 23 (3) • Published In 1996 • Pages: 540-560
By: Malarney, Shaun Kingsley.
Abstract
Thia article examines the history and consequences of government attempts to reform funerary rituals in post-1954 the former North Vietnam. It shows that these attempts created their own local discourse relating to appropriate funerals but did not suceed in controlling all the meanings and values mobilized in rituals.
- Subjects
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Sociocultural trends
- Ethos
- Public opinion
- Social relationships and groups
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Chief executive
- Political parties
- Political movements
- Burial practices and funerals
- Religious experience
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Revelation and divination
- Ethnosociology
- culture
- Vietnamese
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi A. Adem ; 2006
- Field Date
- 1991-1992
- Coverage Date
- 1931-1994
- Coverage Place
- Vietnam
- Notes
- Shaun Kingsley Malarney
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 557-560)
- LCCN
- 74644326
- LCSH
- Vietnamese