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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.
Abstract
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.
- Subjects
- 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
- culture
- Karen
- HRAF PubDate
- 2012
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2011
- Field Date
- 1965-1968
- Coverage Date
- 1830-1979
- Coverage Place
- Karen people, Thailand
- Notes
- Peter Kunstadter
- for bibliographical references see document 37: Keyes
- LCCN
- 79012448
- LCSH
- Karen (Southeast Asian people)--Ethnic identity
- Thailand--Social life and customs