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Ethnic adaptation and identity : the Karen on the Thai frontier with Burma • Philadelphia • Published In 1979 • Pages: 1-23
By: Keyes, Charles F..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document discusses the dynamics of ethnic identity among the Karen people. It portrays the Karen as a culturally diverse group of people living in the midst of the much more politically dominant Burmese and Thai peoples. Yet, the Karen have retained a distinct ethnic identity reflected in the form of shared own language, dressing style, house types, etc. Building on anthropological theories of ethnicity, the author attributes to this paradox to a wide variety of ecological, historical and political processes that mediated intra- and inter-ethnic relations in the region.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Ethos
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Linguistic identification
- Community structure
- Inter-ethnic relations
- Inter-community relations
- Ethnic stratification
- Territorial hierarchy
- Aftermath of combat
- Cultural participation
- Topography and geology
- Citizenship
- Political movements
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Karen
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary 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; 2011
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1965-1968
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1930-1968
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Karen people, Burma and Thailand
- NotesAdditional notes
- Charles F. Keyes
- for bibliographical references see document 37: Keyes
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79012448
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Karen (Southeast Asian people)--Ethnic identity
- Thailand--Social life and customs