Book

Lamet: hill peasants in French Indochina

[Elanders boktr.]GöTeborg • Published In 1951 • Pages: 375

By: Izikowitz, Karl Gustav.

Abstract
This book focuses is on the organization of rice cultivation, religious practices, resource exchange, and community life. Much of the discussion is devoted to showing the centrality of swidden cultivation, with plots shifting every twelve to fifteen years, influencing not just annual calendar of communal religious activities, but also the intensity of labor exchange and other aspects of social relations among individuals, households, extended families and village communities.
Subjects
Cereal agriculture
Household
Extended families
Mutual aid
Annual cycle
Real property
Diet
Food preparation
General character of religion
Cult of the dead
Organized ceremonial
Prayers and sacrifices
Community structure
Inter-community relations
Functional and adaptational interpretations
culture
Rmeet
Region
Asia
Sub Region
Southeast Asia
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Anthropologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Teferi Abate Adem ; 2018
Field Date
May 1937-January 1938
Coverage Date
1937-1938
Coverage Place
Luang Namtha, Oudômxai, and Bokèo provinces, Laos
Notes
By Karl Gustav Izikowitz
"Mrs. Olive Sjölander has translated my Swedish manuscript."
Includes bibliographical references
LCCN
a 51006510
LCSH
Lamet (Laotian people)