essay
Merit and identity in village Thailand
Change and persistence in Thai society : essays in honor of Lauriston Sharp • Ithaca, N.y. • Published In 1975 • Pages: 218-251
By: Ingersoll, Jasper Cooke.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document examines the relationship between merit-making and identity formation in the village of Sakathiam. The subjects discussed are merit-making and assuming responsibility, identifying self and village in terms of merit, merit as a cause and effect of conduct, and identity in karmic perspective. Ingersoll concludes that the concept of karma and the practice of merit-making do give Thai villagers a framework for individual and commercial identity.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Status, role, and prestige
- Social relationships and groups
- Luck and chance
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Ethnopsychology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Central Thai
- 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
- essay
- 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
- Marlene Martin ; 1985
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1959-1960
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1959-1960
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- village of Sakathiam, Nakon Pathom Province, Thailand
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Jasper Cooke Ingersoll
- Bibliography not included
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Thais