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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.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- 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
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Vietnamese
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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 A. Adem ; 2006
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1991-1992
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1931-1994
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Vietnam
- NotesAdditional notes
- Shaun Kingsley Malarney
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 557-560)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74644326
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Vietnamese