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Ethnic group, category, and identity: Karen in northern Thailand
Ethnic adaptation and identity : the Karen on the Thai frontier with Burma • Philadelphia • Published In 1979 • Pages: 119-163
By: Kunstadter, Peter.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document proposes to examine aspects of Karen ethnic identity in northern Thailand by differentiating among the concepts of ethnic group, ethnic identity, and ethnic category. The author argues that this distinction is useful to better explain the Karen peoples unique experience as an ethnically homogeneous, and yet cultural diverse, group. The author supports this argument with ethnographic accounts of the varied experiences of Karen men and women from different geographical communities.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Community structure
- Speech
- Linguistic identification
- Community structure
- Inter-ethnic relations
- Inter-community relations
- Ethnic stratification
- Settlement patterns
- Real property
- Missions
- Regulation of marriage
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Labor supply and employment
- Community heads
- Local officials
- Territorial hierarchy
- Acculturation and culture contact
- 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.
- 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
- 1830-1979
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Karen people, Thailand
- NotesAdditional notes
- Peter Kunstadter
- 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